cardinal symptoms

Question 1

Why is the sputum green in certain diseases?

Answer 1

verdo peroxidase
usually due to infection

Question 2

what does rusty sputum indicate ?

Answer 2

pneumococcal pneumonia

Question 3

What does red currant jelly sputum mean?

Answer 3

klebsiella pneumonia

Question 4

what does black sputum indicate ?

Answer 4

coal miners
heavy smoker

Question 5

What are the causes of bronchorrhea?

Answer 5

suppurative lung disease
alveolar cell carcinoma

Question 6

What does an offensive-smelling sputum usually indicate?

Answer 6

pus. anaerobic bacteria

Question 7

what is the most common cause of orthopnea ?

Answer 7

left ventricular failure

Question 8

How do we differentiate between the different causes of nocturnal dyspnea?

Answer 8

if wakes up after 2 hours of sleep, then paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea

if very early iin the morniing - then an asthma attack

Question 9

breathlessness that gets worse after waking up and improves after coughing sputum?

Answer 9

COPD

Question 10

breathlessness that continues to worsen 13-50 minutes after exersice ?

Answer 10

exercise-induced asthma

Question 11

dyspnea that improves on the weekend or holidays?

Answer 11

occupational asthma

Question 12

breathlessness associated with lightheadedness or tingling in the fingers and around the mouth?

Answer 12

psychogenic breathlessness

Question 13

what level is associated with hemoptysis ?

Answer 13

below the level of the vocal cords

Question 14

characcter of the wheeze changes with cough ?

Answer 14

ronchi