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Clinical Opal – Clare presents with polyuria & thirst
A 19 year old woman presents to the urgent care GP clinic, she has been feeling unwell for the last 24 hours. She has insulin dependent diabetes and is known to have poor compliance.
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Amanda is a 26 year old speech pathologist who presents to you with longstanding gastrointestinal symptoms.
![Clinical Opal - Investigating Erectile Dysfunction](/media/ukvhmv41/patrick_ed.webp?width=800&height=600&v=1daf4a53d37cfe0)
Patrick is a 62 year old university lecturer who presents to you with erectile dysfunction.
![Clinical Opal - ‘It’s a bit embarrassing, doctor’](/media/koabeei5/tyler-1.webp?width=800&height=600&v=1daf4a53ad15730)
Tyler is a 22 year old university student who presents to you late one afternoon. He is new to the practice. He starts the consultation off by saying ‘It’s a bit embarrassing, doctor’, and awkwardly proceeds to describe penile discharge and painful urination for the past couple of days.
![Clinical Opal - thrombophilia testing after a DVT](/media/t1kca312/dimitri.webp?width=800&height=600&v=1daf4a539c1bbf0)
It is 3PM on a Thursday afternoon and your next patient is Dimitri, a 54 year old groundsman. Dimitri is attending for review after a recent lower leg DVT following a knee arthroscopy.