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Physical Exploratory Essay

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Practitioners must conduct a physical exam to help rule out medical causes of potential mental health symptoms presenting as somatic complaints, such as Tom’s fatigue, headaches, and stomach aches. Potential physical disorders include anemia, thyroid dysfunction, neurologic dysfunction, gastrointestinal dysfunction, endocrine dysfunction, and certain infectious diseases (Goolsby & Grubbs, 2015). Physical exam data should be collected that addresses these systems. Height and weight are important to assess for weight gain, loss or failure to gain weight appropriate for age. This data may also uncover growth disturbance which could indicate an endocrine disorder. Heart and lungs should be auscultated. Cranial nerves should be examined. Lymph

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