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: : : : : : : : “In all actuality, Doctor, my low blood pressure is quite common and not something to be remotely concerned over. It runs within my family, without a history of being caused by hypotension, endocrine or cardiovascular disease, nor any type of medication. Genetic, not a reaction.” She spoke, in attempt to ease any questions regarding the low blood pressure, or its treatment. Despite being a Counselor, she did possess medical knowledge, obviously. It seemed useless to specialize strictly in psychology. It also helped her in explaining her.. defects.
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: : : : : : : Do’trahk nodded once and then regarded both her and his JO. “Nevertheless Counselor, low blood pressure is cause to monitor, normal or not. Any change to your circumstances, stress, a change in diet or factors such as depression can lead to physical symptoms which may be of concern to myself or Doctor Suder here. A further drop in your blood pressure could well cause symptoms that could impair your ability to function in your capacity of Counselor and may impair your judgement, not to mention be harmful to your well being. Low blood pressure may be normal for you, Counselor Delarosa, but if your levels drop near the minimum systolic and diastolic levels you may find yourself with complications. Doctor Suder, would you please outline the symptoms our counselor should watch for and report should she find herself experiencing them.”
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: : : : : : “Do you wish me to back out sir?” Trax asked the CMO. He did not see a purpose for two officers dealing with one patient when it was a simple intake. As Trax signed off on the patients scans. Trax waited calmly to get the answers. He tried his best not to just walk away.
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: : : : : “Ensign” the large Klingon said, slowly. “If I wanted you to back out you wouldn’t need to ask me that question. You would already know.” Do’trahk was obviously speaking with some restraint, to him that kind of insubordination was a direct challenge, but the Federation did things differently than on Klingon ships. Insubordination, he hoped, wasn’t common.
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: : : : : “Now Doctor. The symptoms for our Counselor. Please.” The last word he spoke was delivered with his attempt at a pleasant smile, which ended up just revealing sharpened teeth.
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: : : “Well doctor all the reading are showing normal but her blood pressure is low and the patient and computer show that that’s the norm for her. The scans don’t show what might be causing it? Sir!” Trax gave a deep breath as he continued. “We can try and find a cause of giver her a blood builder that might bring her levels up but that’s just a temporary solution. Sir!” Trax took a minute to think on this more. “We can try increasing your salt intake to see if that helps also increasing water consumption can help. Maybe using compression socks to help with the low blood pressure and more drastic maybe meds if the others fail. Sir!” noting this to the patient and the doctor. But fludrocortisone is one med that can boost your blood volume, Its the most common drug to treat this ailment. It is often used to treat most form of low blood pressure.”
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: “Salt only makes it worse, doctor. I have always been in lack of salt, due to the way it reacts with my body. More specifically, swelling and inflammation. But, I’m sure you could find a way to work around that, if needed.” Delarosa responded, adding in input, as this was her body and she knew it better than anyone else. She tilted her head minutely to one side, studying the doctors for several seconds, before diverting her attention back to the conversation as hand. She considered the words that the man was saying, finding that she had heard them before, unfortunately. After all, with low blood pressure, it wasn’t uncommon for doctors to try several medications, in attempt to raise it. At least, this was one she hadn’t heard of before, so maybe it had the possibility of making a difference in her state. “The other two would be fine.. what exactly does Fludrocortisone do to boost the volume of blood?”
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Do’trahk pursed his lips as he looked over the charts, he wasn’t convinced that a medication like fludrocortisone would be wise in this instance without resorting to medications to control the side effects for this patient, especially where monitoring the symptoms and responding to them might be a less intrusive was, however fludrocortisone wasn’t common among the Klingon ships, and this Doctor may have an idea on how to use it better in this instance. “I would be content myself to simply monitor the symptoms, Doctor Suder” he said, turning back to the pair, “But explain your suggestion of using fludrocortisone in this instance, by all means. “

“Aye sir Monitoring it is then.” Trax said feeling like he just failed the CMO and his patients. He grabbed a cordical monitor so he could keep readings on her and get more indepth scans at the same time. “I know these monitors are a pain but I believe its necessary for your restoration to complete healthy state.” Trax hoped the patient understood him. “Is there Anything else sir before I release her?” waiting on the CMO to respond and giving apologetic looks to his patient. for the simple intake being longer then it should have had.

OOC: Bumping this for the CMO and CNS to reply if needed to Trax’s reply…

GM CockRoach