Patient: Maybelle
A 48 year-old patient presents to the free clinic because she has been losing considerable weight (unintended) recently.
Interview
| Additional HPI | The woman claims that she has lost about 30 pounds over the past 3 months despite little change in her diet. She has not been exercising. |
| Past medical hx | Hypertension |
| Surgical hx | None relevant |
| Family hx | Parents are deceased. Mother had a stroke at 75 and father passed away in a vehicular accident when she was young |
| Social hx | Patient works as a bus driver and admits that her diet is quite poor, often consisting of fast food. Exercise is limited and patient spends most of her day seated. |