Use the references listed below to explain and support the evidence of

Use the references listed below to explain and support the evidence of the main diagnosis, the labs, and the differential diagnoses

Case study: Patient Main diagnosis: Acute bacterial rhinosinusitis (sinusitis): symptoms

Complains of headache above eyes/forehead 14 days

Cough

Sore throat

Creamy nasal secretions

Postnasal drip

Facial pain (worse when laying down or bending over); (better with streamy showers)

Sinus pressure pain

Right ear pain

Right tooth pain

Labs:

Complete blood count

Complete metabolic panel

Group A streptococcal rapid antigen test

Differential diagnosis:

rhinitis, allergic

viral upper respiratory infection

pharyngitis

Otitis media

References

DeBoer, D. L., & Kwon, E. (2023). Acute Sinusitis. In StatPearls. StatPearls Publishing.

Patel, Z. M., & Hwang, P. H. (2018). Acute Bacterial Rhinosinusitis. Infections of the Ears, Nose, Throat, and Sinuses, 133–143. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74835-1_11

Nur Husna, S. M., Tan, H. T., Md Shukri, N., Mohd Ashari, N. S., & Wong, K. K. (2022). Allergic Rhinitis: A Clinical and Pathophysiological Overview. Frontiers in medicine, 9, 874114. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2022.874114

Barrett B. (2018). Viral Upper Respiratory Infection. Integrative Medicine, 170–179.e7. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-35868-2.00018-9

Wolford, R. W., Goyal, A., Belgam Syed, S. Y., & Schaefer, T. J. (2023). Pharyngitis. In StatPearls. StatPearls Publishing

Jamal, A., Alsabea, A., Tarakmeh, M., & Safar, A. (2022). Etiology, Diagnosis, Complications, and Management of Acute Otitis Media in Children. Cureus, 14(8), e28019. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.28019