Women's health · History + examination

Painful nipples, hungry baby

Medium

8 min station · 2 min reading · Recommended for Notre Dame Year 3 students

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2 min reading · 8 min station · reminders at 1 min

Instructions

You are a medical student on placement in general practice. Your next patient is Adut Mabior, 31, who has brought in her 10-day-old son, Ajak, because her nipples are very painful and he seems hungry all the time.

  1. Take a focused history

  2. Perform a focused examination

  3. Outline to the examiner:

    • Your most likely diagnosis
    • Next steps in management
  • You do not need to summarise your findings
  • The baby is represented by a doll
  • Please verbalise your examination; findings will be provided on request
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Investigations

Examination

After treatment

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