| Evaluation Dialogue Between Doctor-Patient: |
| Doctor |
How are you feeling today? |
| Patient |
Estoy fatal. Llevo con diarrea un mes. Quiero que me manden al digestivo. Seguro que tengo algo. |
| Doctor |
Tell me more. What is the diarrhea like? How many times a day do you have diarrhea? Have you noticed blood or pus in your feces? |
| Patient |
No, es una diarrea líquida. No hay sangre ni pus, pero me duele la barriga y me siento muy hinchado después de comer. Esta barriga no es la mía, parece que estoy embarazada. |
| Doctor |
Alright, I’m going to examine you and see if we should order any other tests. |
| Patient |
Quiero ver un especialista. |
| Doctor |
First, there are more tests that we can do here. If we don’t resolve the problem, we’ll consider a referral. |
| Patient |
Vale, doctora. |
| Doctor |
Lie down on the exam table and we’ll examine your stomach. |
| Doctor |
We’ll order a stool test: coproculture, parasite detection, and H. pylori detection. For now, try a bland diet and one Mebeverine tablet every eight hours for stomach pains. Turn in your samples and we’ll speak again when you have the results. |
| Patient |
De acuerdo, doctora. ¿Pero seguro que no tengo nada malo? |
| Doctor |
It doesn’t seem like there’s anything to be alarmed about, but we’re going to take a closer look. Once we have the test results, we’ll see if we should use another treatment. |
