Error in Diagnosis Essay

Thus, when the actual disease is diagnosed, it would have reached a very chronic stage (Berenson et al. For my situation, a male patient came to me and complained of fever and headache. I asked the patient whether he had been travelling recently to which he agreed to. I recommended painkillers as they would relieve the pain and at least lower the fever. I released the patient knowing that I had taken care of the problem. I failed to do this test because of fatigue as I had been working since early morning. The time the patient came was when I was about to end my shift. So, I was in a hurry to go home. In such a situation, if I had carried out blood test of the patient, I could have known earlier of the disease the patient was suffering from.