Medical Scenario and Treatment

The photophobia is a classic migraine symptom, so this patient should have an electroencephalogram as well as a CT scan of the head and neck and be assessed for migraine headaches (Van Gerpen, Hickey, & Capobianco, 2000). She should also be asked what medications she is on, since vasodilators, hormones, anti-hypertensives, histamine-2 blockers, antibiotics, and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors could trigger migraines and might also bear a relation to the funny sensation in her feet (Van Gerpen, Hickey, & Capobianco, 2000).

The patient should also be assessed for abnormal symptoms that may indicate a diagnosis in addition to or in lieu of migraine that is more serious. Evaluation of neck flexion to check for meningitis; the presence of bruits over the cranium, orbits, or neck; the optic fundi and visual fields, as well as papillary reactions; the fifth cranial nerve's sensory function; corneal reflexes; facial and limb moto

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