Problem
Assessing Neurological Symptoms - Facial Droop
22 year old African American female looks in the mirror and notices the left side of her mouth is slanted when she smiles. She notes she has had some headache off and on a few days. Her taste has decreased as well when she started brushing her teeth.
Task
a) Create documentation or an episodic/focused note in SOAP format about the patient in the case study
b) Provide evidence from the literature to support diagnostic tests that would be appropriate for your case.
c) List five different possible conditions for the patient's differential diagnosis, and justify why you selected each.
Reference: Ball, J. W., Dains, J. E., Flynn, J. A., Solomon, B. S., & Stewart, R. W. (2019). Seidel's guide to physical examination: An interprofessional approach (9th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier Mosby.