Chad jeffries is a 22-year-old male who has come to the health clinic with persistent flu-like symptoms that have continued for 3 weeks. he reports that he is experiencing fatigue, lack of appetite, and generalized joint pain. chad is a paramedic who works for an air ambulance/rescue service based at an urban hospital.

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Lynx

19 April, 00:28

Chad jeffries is a 22-year-old male who has come to the health clinic with persistent flu-like symptoms that have continued for 3 weeks. he reports that he is experiencing fatigue, lack of appetite, and generalized joint pain. chad is a paramedic who works for an air ambulance/rescue service based at an urban hospital.

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Raymond · Answer 1

The flu is a collection of symptoms caused by different viruses. Symptoms can range from mild to severe and can even be fatal. Most people are naturally immune to the flu virus. Some strains of flu virus are much more dangerous and infectious than others. Symptoms of the flu include fever, coughing, sore throat, congestion, and joint pain, body ache, loss of appetite, nausea and vomiting.

Janelle Morton · Answer 2

In the given case, the person Chad is suffering from hepatitis.

Hepatitis refers to the inflammation of the liver. The viruses are the prime causes for the majority of hepatitis cases. The kind of hepatitis is named for the virus, which causes it, like hepatitis A, hepatitis B, or hepatitis C. Some of the common symptoms of hepatitis are:

1. Loss of appetite

2. Fatigue

3. Mild fever

4. Joint or muscle pain

5. Pain in the belly and nausea and vomiting