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Acne

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Whiteheads
Blackheads
Inflammation of pustules, papules, cyst or abscess

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Boil

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Itch before lump forms
Painful red lump
Red and swollen skin around the lump
Pustule with yellow-white tip exudate
Fever and lymphadenitis

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Impetigo

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Lesions – peeling skin, crust and flaky scabs, honey colored crusts
Pruritus
Painless, fluid-filled blisters
Serious form – painful fluids filled or pus filled sores that turn into deep ulcers
Regional lymphadenopathy

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Tinea capitis

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Small, scaly patches
Severe inflammation
Alopecia

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Tinea corporis

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Dry and scaly or moist and crusty with reddish rings
Pustule
Pruritus

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Tinea barbae

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Pustular folliculitis

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Tinea cruris

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Red lesions
Pruritus

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Tinea manuum

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White and scaly patches to deep and fissured lesions
Pruritus

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Tinea unguium

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White patches in the nail bed
Thickening
Distortion
Darkening

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Tinea pedis

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Scales
Blisters
Crust
Patches
Pruritus
Pain

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Conjunctivitis

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Pink or red sclera
Swelling
Tearing up
Photophobia
Pruritus (allergic conjunctivitis)
Yellow-green discharge (bacterial conjunctivitis)
Burning sensation (chemical conjunctivitis)
Irritation
Feeling like a foreign body in the eye
Crusting of eyelids or lashes
Cold flu or other respiratory issues
Blurred vision
Enlarged lymph nodes
Itchy nose, sneezing, scratchy throat or asthma (allergic conjunctivitis

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Otitis externa

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  1. Acute otitis externa
    - Pain
    - redness and swelling canal
    - discharge (foul smelling) with fever
    - regional cellulitis
    - crusting in the external ear
    - itch
    - partial hearing loss
    - black/gray, paper like growth in the ear canal
  2. Chronic otitis externa
    - Intense pruritus
    - Scaling, skin thickening narrowing the lumen
    - Asteatosis
    - Aural discharge
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Otitis media

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  • flu like symptoms
  • tinnitus
  • Dizziness
  • Irritability
  • sleep disturbance
    -purulent drainage
  • temporary hearing loss
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Acute Meningococcemia

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Initially pink maculopapular lesions that later evolve to non-blanching petechial rash (especially in the trunk and extremities)

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Waterhouse-friderichsen syndrome

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The most severe form of meningococcemia
High fever, shock, widespread, purpura, DIC, thrombocytopenia, adrenal insufficiency
Bilateral destruction of the adrenal glands

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Streptococcus pharyngitis

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Pharyngitis
Tonsilitis
Dysphagia
Cervical Lymphadenopathy
Fever
Malaise

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Pneumonia

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Fever
Malaise
Myalgia
Productive cough
Tachypnea
Dyspnea
Pleuritic chest pain

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H5N1

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fever
headache
myalgia
fatigue
pharyngitis
rinorrhea

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H1N1

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fever
headache
myalgia
malaise
anorexia
diarrhea
nausea and vomit

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SARS

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high fever
severe headache
myalgia
dyspnea
nonproductive cough
pharyngitis
rhinorrhea

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COVID-19

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  • fever
  • dry cough
  • lethargy
  • nasal congestion
  • headache
  • sore throat
  • loss of smell and taste
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Diphtheria

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  • breathing difficulties
  • thick gray pseudo membrane in the throat and tonsils
  • sore throat
  • nasal discharge
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Pertussis

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  • runny nose
  • cough
  • nasal congestion
  • red and watery eyes
  • fever
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Infectious mononucleosis

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  • fever
  • pharyngitis
  • lymphadenopathy
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AIDS
- Fever - night sweats - weight loss - fatigue - lymphadenopathy
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Common colds
- Rhinorrhea - Nasal congestion - Sneezing - Headache - Fever - Malaise
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Viral encephalitis
Meningismus minus profound alteration in consciousness, seizures, and focal deficits Headaches (frontal or retroorbital) Photophobia Pain in moving the eyes Constitutional signs (malaise, myalgia, anorexia, nausea and vomiting, abdominal pain and/or diarrhea)
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Influenza
- Fever chills headache malaise myalgia arthralgia non productive cough pharyngitis nasal congestion rhinorrhea
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Measles
- cough - coryza - conjunctivitis PATHOGNOMONIC SIGN: Koplik spots followed by maculopapular rash (appears 14 days after exposure)
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Varicella/chicken pox
- mild prodrome of fever and malaise 1 to 2 days before rash onset - macular to papular to vesicular lesion before crusting
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Dengue virus
- aches (muscles, bones, joints, retroorbital) - nausea and vomiting - rash symptoms show within 2 weeks after being bitten by an infected mosquito and symptoms last 2-7 days. recovery: within a week
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Parotitis
- parotid gland a. discoloration b. swelling c. pain - dysphagia - Fever - headache - muscle ache
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Dental caries
cavity discoloration halitosis altered tase tooth ache sensitiity
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Shigellosis
- diarrhea - abdominal pain - fever - tenesmus
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Gastroenteritis
- diarrhea - abdominal pain or cramps - vomiting - anorexia - fever - flatulence - bloody stool
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Typhoid fever
- diarrhea - abdominal pain - bradycardia - remittent fever - delirium - epistaxis - rose spots (PHATOGNOMONIC)
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Cholera
- Profuse diarrhea (rice water stool) - Vomiting - Abdominal pain - Poor skin turgor - hypotension
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PUD
- diarrhea - epigastric pain - vomit - abdominal pain - melena - hematemesis - pain radiating to the back
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Salmonella
- fever - headache - vomit - blood in stool - chills - nausea
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UTI
- urinary frequency - urinary urgency - pain
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Leptospirosis (leptospiraemic phase)
- severe headache - sudden fever - conjunctivitis - myalgia - abdominal pain
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Leptospirosis (immune phase)
- mild headache - confusion - mild fever - jaundice
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Herpes
- ulcerated papules - dysuria
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g. warts
- hard and benign - cauliflower cluster of bumps - dyspareunia
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Adult syphilis
Primary syphilis - Chancre Secondary syphilis - Condylomata lata - flu like symptoms - lymphadenopathy Latent syphilis - asymptomatic Tertiary (late) syphilis - gummas - aortic aneurysm - neurosyphilis
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Congenital syphilis
Early congenital syphilis - initially asymptomatic - runny nose - rash - hepatosplenomegaly - condylomata lata Late congenital syphilis - 8th nerve deafness teeth and bone deformities: - saddle nose - saber shin - hutchinson's teeth - moon molar
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Oral candidiasis
- white cheese like tongue - cracking - loss of taste
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Vaginal candidiasis
- white cheese like discharfe - itchiness - redness and swelling
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Gonorrhea
MALE - primary infection site: urethra - purulent yellow green - dysuria - swollen testicles FEMALE - priimary infection site: cervix - purulent yellow green - dyusria - abdominal pain
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Chlamydia
MALE - white watery discharge w foul smell - dysuria - swollen testicles FEMALE - white watery discharfe w foul smell - dysuria
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Japanese encephalitis
General: fever Rising ICP Hemianopia/Hemianopsia Hemiparesis Doll’s eye reflex Decorticate posturing/ flexor posturing Decerebrate posturing/ extensor posturing Persistent vegetative state Brain dead Damage to the hypothalamus leading to rising temp and vomiting Damage to RAS Diencephalon: altered LOC, confusion Dullness, lethargy and stupor Midbrain: light coma Medulla O and pons: deep coma Brain stem damage: pupillary dilation, eye fixation, nystagmus Rolling of eyeball Projectile vomiting Loss of GABA Seizure Rising levels of glutamic acid: status epilepticus
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Viral encephalitits
- meningismus minus alteration of consciousness - headache (frontal retroorbital) - photo phobia - pain when moving the eyes - constitutional signs a. myalgia b. malaise c. anorexia d. nausea and vomiting e. abdominal pain
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Rabies
Inflammatory reaction releases inflammatory chemicals and pyrogenic hormones Damage to CN9 – painful throat muscle spasm Aerophobia Hydrophobia
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Botulism
4 D's - dysphagia - dysarthria - dysphonia - diplopia
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Tetanus
Spasm which consumes oxygen and the muscle enters the anaerobic glycolysis producing lactic acid resulting in pain Seizures due to loss of GABA Spasm of oral cavity muscles leading to lock jaw Spasm of back muscles leading to opisthotonus Spasm of respi muscles leading to respiratory arrest Spasm of voice box – laryngospasm
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Scabies
- pruritus - burrows - scratch marks - burning sensation
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Pediculosis capitis
- intense itching - excoriation - matte, lusterless, foul smelling hair - occipital and cervical lymphadenopathy
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Pediculosis corporis
- papules severe cases: Fever, headache, malaise
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Pediculosis pubis
- intense scratching - Maculae caeruleae: thighs or upper body
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Toxoplasmosis in adults
- swelling of the lymph nodes - maculopapular lesions - sore throat
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Toxoplasmosis in babies
- still birth, miscarriage develops in teenage years - hearing loss - mental retardation - serious eye infections
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Toxoplasmosis in neonates

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