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   Things to look at?

    • Skin colour: signs of jaundice or changes in skin coloration.
    • Coloration of the sclera (may reveal jaundice).
    • Marks on the skin: e.g. a change in a mole, a rodent ulcer or spider

      naevi
    • Breathing: is the patient short of breath or having trouble

      completing a sentence
    • Digital clubbing: the fingers take on a ‘drum- stick’ appearance and

      this can indicate chronic pulmonary, cardiac or liver diseases.
    • Does the patient appear to have a fever?
    • Does the patient appear anxious? Signs of anxiety might indicate

      how serious the patient feels that the problem is or reveal a hidden
      concern.

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          EDUCATIONAL
          BACKGROUND
          OR
          MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE
          OF THE PERSON

                     What to deduce?...

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