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Signs and Symptoms Flashcards

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Coryza

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Blocked Nose 
Nasal Pain and Irritation 
Runny Nose
Coughing in ⅓ of patients 
Hoarse voice for a week
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Sinusitis

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Purulent nasal discharge

Tender Sinuses

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Acute Bronchitis

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Hacking productive cough with thick yellow-grey sputum
Tight feeling in chest
Transient wheeze
Possible fever

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Acute Exacerbation of Bronchitis

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Usually preceded by URT infection
Purulent sputum production
Wheezy
Dyspnoea

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Pneumonia

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Cough/ SOB
Tachypnoea
Fever/ rigors/ sweats
Pleuritic pain and rub
Myalgia/ arthralgia
Preceding UTI
Diarrhoea
Headache 
Haemoptysis
Cyanosis 
Hypotension
Herpes labialis
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Sarcoidosis

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Acute: Sweats, erythema nodosum

Chronic: Lung infiltrates/ alveolitis, skin infiltrates, peripheral lymphadenopathy,, hypercalcaemia, SOB, persistent dry cough

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Influenza

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Sudden temp of 38+ 
Dry chest cough 
Headache 
Malaise
Chills 
myalgia 
Upset stomach peak after 2-3 days and lasts 5-8 days 
Clear nasal discharge
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Epiglottitis

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Temp 38+
Severe sore throat
Difficulty breathing
Abnormal and high pitched breathing

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Croup

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Initial cold symptoms
Stridor
Bark-like cough
hoarse croaky voice

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Extrinsic Allergic Alveolitis

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Acute: cough, dyspnoea, fever, myalgia

Chronic: progressive breathlessness and cough

Pyrexia, crackles, no wheezes hypoxia, clubbing

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Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

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Progressive breathlessness over several years
Dry cough
Clubbing
Bilateral fine inspiratory crackles

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Coal Miners Pneumoconiosis

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No cough or dyspnoea

Finger clubbing

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Silicosis

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Cough and dyspnoea
Finger Clubbing
Pleural Effusion

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Acute Asbestos Pleuritis

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Fever
Chest Pain
Bloody exudate

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Malignant Mesothelioma

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Chest pain
Pleural effusion
Sweating
Dyspnoea

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Sleep Apnoea

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Excessive daytime sleepiness
Personality change
Cognitive Impairment
Major impact on daytime function

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Tuberculosis

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Respiratory: cough, haemoptysis, upper lobe crackles, dyspnoea

GI: Peritonitis, perforation, bowel obstruction, pain

Spinal: Pain, deformity, paraplegia

Meningeal: drowsy, headache, fits

Renal failure, weight loss, night sweats, lymphadenopathy, tamponade

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Lung Cancer

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Cough that doesn't subside after 2-3 weeks (worsening) 
Haemoptysis 
Unexplained dyspnoea 
Malaise
Weight loss 
Persistent chest. shoulder pain
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Asthma

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Dyspnoea 
Tight chest 
Wheezing 
Non-productive coughing 
Diurnal variation 
Non-progressive 
Episodic/ intermittent
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COPD

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Develops over a number of years 
Increasing SOB
Persistent cough with sputum production 
Frequent exacerbation 
Wheezing 
weight loss 
Malaise
Swollen ankles
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Pneumothorax

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Sudden onset of pleuritic pain 
SOB
Tachycardia 
Hyper-resonant percussion note 
Reduced expansion 
Quiet breath sounds on auscultations 
Hammans Sign (click on auscultation at left side)
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Pleural Effusion

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Worsening dyspnoea
Cough
Pleuritic pain

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Pulmonary Embolism

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Severe chest pain 
Haemoptysis 
Dyspnoea 
Collapse 
Tachycardia 
Tachypnoea 
Hypotension 
Crepitations 
Pleural rub on auscultation
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Bronchiectasis

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Chronic daily cough
Haemoptysis
SOB

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Tension Pneumothorax

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Tracheal Deviation 
Mediastinal shift to opposite side
Hypotension 
Raised JVP
Reduced air entry
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Cystic Fibrosis

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Salt sweat
Fibrotic Pancreas
Filled sinuses 
Failure to thrive
Crackles in lungs 
Congenital bilateral absence of Vas Deferens 
Recurrent bacterial infections in lungs
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Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome

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Severe SOB
Tiredness
Rapid shallow breathing

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Wegeners Granulomatosis

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Severe rhinorrhoea (nasal mucosa ulcer)
Cough
Haemoptysis
Pleuritic Pain

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Churg-Strauss Syndrome

A 
Rhinitis and asthma 
Breathlessness 
Systemic Vasculitis (fever, sweats, fatigue, weight loss, rash) 
Cough
Difficulty passing urine
Cold peripheries

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