Symptoms Flashcards
What are the symptoms of general GI disease?
Malaise
Rapid weight loss
Anorexia
Anaemia
What are the symptoms of upper GIT disorders?
Haematemesis Chest pain Melaena (black tarry stool) Nausea Vomiting Dysphagia (difficulty swallowing) Odynophagia (pain when swallowing) Epigastric pain Heartburn Acid regurgitation Belching
What are the symptoms of hepatobiliary disorders?
RUQ pain Biliary colic Jaundice Dark urine Pale stool Ascites
What are the symptoms of mid-GIT disorders?
Abdominal pain
Steatorrhoea
Diarrhoea
Abdominal distension
What are the symptoms of lower GIT disorders?
Abdominal pain Rectal bleeding Constipation Diarrhoea Incontinence Flatulence
What are the signs of GI disease?
Cachexia (undernutrition) Obesity (overnutrition) Lymphadenopathy Jaundice Koilonychia (fingernail spooning) Leuconychia (nail whitening) Nail clubbing Dupytren's contracture (hand deformity) Tachycardia Tremor Palpable organ englargement Abdominal tenderness Distension Haemorrhoids Fistula Fissure Proctitis (inflamed rectum)
What must be considered when interpreting descriptions of abdominal pain?
Subjectivity - what is considered pain by one person may be painless to another; location may be described incorrectly
Interpretability - pain and sensation of pain is complex, pain may be referred
What are the typical causes of right hypochondriac pain?
Gall stones Gall bladder infection Pulled muscles Hepatitis Kidney stone Pneumonia
What are the typical causes of right lumbar pain?
Kidney stone Kidney infection Trapped wind Constipation Pulled muscle Appendicitis
What are the typical causes of right iliac pain?
Appendicitis Urine infection Constipation Ectopic pregnancy Menstrual pain Pelvic infection Endometriosis Ovarian cyst Trapped wind Hernia
What are the typical causes of epigastric pain?
Acid reflux Heartburn Heart attack Gastritis Stomach ulcer Duodenal ulcer Pancreatitis Epigastric hernia
What are the typical causes of umbilical pain?
Stomach ulcer Bowel obstruction Constipation Worms Crohn's Food poisoning Trapped wind Umbilical hernia
What are the typical causes of hypogastric pain?
Trapped wind Constipation Bladder infection Urinary retention Menstrual cramps Endometriosis Pelvic infection Fibroids Miscarriage
What are the typical causes of left hypochondriac pain?
Pneumonia Spleen infection Splenomegaly Hepatitis Kidney stone Constipation Trapped wind
What are the typical causes of left lumbar pain?
Constipation Trapped wind Diverticulitis IBS Kidney stone Kidney infection Crohn's Ulcerative colitis
