There was a story going around the news about an 18-month-old who was diagnosed with aquagenic urticaria. Literally, she’s allergic to water. For real.
This poor kid breaks out into a terribly painful rash when she touches water. Her own sweat and tears cause a red itchy rash down her face. Wow. This sound completely insane, but it’s really been diagnosed and this kid isn’t the only one.
So, when I found out that my phone was completely dead (arrgggg) and I’d have to lay out the cash to get a new one (double arrrgg), I thought about this kid and her parents. I’m still mad about the phone, but as my mom would always say, “It could always be worse.”
Whatever.
Here’s the good news. You will NOT get a question about aquagenic urticaria on your exam. Do you know how I know? Is it because I’ve got insider information? Is it because I sent a team of trained Ninjas, under the cover of darkness into the secret, underground vault at NCCPA headquarters?
Nope, nope, and nope.
It’s because they publish exactly what’s going to be on the test. Right there on their website. They put the whole thing. The entirety of what you need to know. Right out in public .So, all we have to do is learn the stuff on that list. No mystery at all. No aquagenic urticaria.
You’re going to get questions about
•Chickenpox
•Herpes
•Bundle branch block
•Meniere’s disease
•Cholangitis
You’re so lucky. All the info is right there for you to look at. Even better for you, I put it all together in question form to help you remember all of those things. You can find most of what you need to know right in The Final Step. It’s even in an easy-to-use, question-based format that will make that stuff stick.
Man are you lucky. In my day, we didn’t have all this great stuff. After we walked up the giant hill to school, we had to share one chisel per class to hammer out our notes on stone tablets. You wouldn’t even believe it.
Brian Wallace