A 25 years old African American woman originally came from Ethiopia. While taking vital signs, she appeared to be very anxious about her situation. She presented to the clinic with chief complaint of vaginal discharge with foul-fishy smell that started two weeks ago. She stated she had unprotected sex with multiple partners. Based on this, I wondered if she might have a sexually transmitted disease such as positive Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) or Human Immune Virus (HIV) because she came from high HIV prevalence country, had low BMI, and was in the range of high prevalent HIV age group of 18 to 30. I managed this challenge by keeping myself calm and not asking any judgmental questions. I took this patient to the doctor’s examination room and we asked and documented her past medical history, present health history, number of sexual partners, any protective barrier used during sexual activity, and results of previous lab tests to confirm the
A 25 years old African American woman originally came from Ethiopia. While taking vital signs, she appeared to be very anxious about her situation. She presented to the clinic with chief complaint of vaginal discharge with foul-fishy smell that started two weeks ago. She stated she had unprotected sex with multiple partners. Based on this, I wondered if she might have a sexually transmitted disease such as positive Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) or Human Immune Virus (HIV) because she came from high HIV prevalence country, had low BMI, and was in the range of high prevalent HIV age group of 18 to 30. I managed this challenge by keeping myself calm and not asking any judgmental questions. I took this patient to the doctor’s examination room and we asked and documented her past medical history, present health history, number of sexual partners, any protective barrier used during sexual activity, and results of previous lab tests to confirm the