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Common Signs & Symptoms Flashcards

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Pulmonary Tuberculosis (PTB)

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Low grade afternoon fever

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Pneumonia

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Rusty sputum

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Asthma

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Wheezing on expiration

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Emphysema

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Barrel chest

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Kawasaki Syndrome

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Strawberry Tongue

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Pernicious Anemia

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Red beffy tongue

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Down Syndrome

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Protruding tongue

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Cholera

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Rice Watery Stool

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Malaria

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gradual increase in fever with chills

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Typhoid

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Rose spots in abdomen

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Diptheria

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Pseudo membrane formation, droplet precaution

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Measles

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Koplik’s spots (Tiny white spots with bluish-white centers found on inner lining of cheek)
Sore throat, fever, dry cough, conjunctivitis

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SLE

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Butterfly rashes

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Liver Cirrhosis

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Spider like varices
palpatiable liver
portal HTN
immune system kicks in and results in splenomegaly

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Leprosy

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Lioning face

skin sores, nerve damage, and muscle weakness that gets worse over time

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Bulimia

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Chipmunk face, oral mucosa are not in good condition

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Appendicitis

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Rebound tenderness, mcbury point, RLQ pain

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Dengue

Dengue fever is a virus-caused disease that is spread by mosquitoes

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pain every where
Petechiae
Bleeding (Vomiting, tarry stools)
leading to pale, cold, or clammy skin

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Meninigitis

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Kernig’s sign (leg flex then leg pain on extension)

Brudzinski Sign (neck flex = lower leg flex)

nuchal rigidity

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Tetanus

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Risus Sardonicus (grinning expression produced by spasm of facial muscles)

lock jaws
stiffness
Painful body spasms
difficulty breathing

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Pancreatitis

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Cullen’s Sign (Ecchymosis of umbilicus)

Positive Grey Turner’s spots

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Pyloric Stenosis

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Olive like mass near epigastric region
projectile vomit w/ gastric juice

nur intervention: think fluid status alteration keep hydrated (only sugery for tx)

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Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA)

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machine like murmur, poor feeding

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Addison’s Disease

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Bronze like skin pigmentation

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Cushing's Syndrome
``` Moon face apperance and buffalo hump thin extremities, but obese hyperpigmentation and brusing hyperglycemia, hypocalcemia think FVE, increase infection diet needs to be low in sodium, but high in K, Ca, protein ```
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Hyperthyroidism (Grave's Disease)
exopthalmus (Bulging eye-- eye care), hot, irritable | increase DTR - hyperactive
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Intussusception
bowel goes backward into itself sausage shaped mass, Dance Sign (Empty portion of RLQ) jelly like stool (blood + mucus)
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MS
Charcot's Triad (look for possible brain stem damage or involvement) 1. Nystagmus (the uncontrolled movement of the eyes from in a lateral motion) 2. Intention tremor 3. Staccato speech mm weakness all over
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MG
Descending muscle weakness (toe to head) resp prob, double vision, abscent cough & swallowing reflex, sudden increase in BP tensilon test
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Guillain Barre Syndrome
Ascending muscle weakness (head to toe)
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DVT
Homan's sign
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Chicken Pox
Vesicular Rash (Central to distal) dew drop on rose petal
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Angina
Crushing stubbing pain relieved by Nitro
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MI
Crushing stubbing pain raditating to left shoulder, neck, arm. unrelieved by nitro
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Acute Laryngotracheobronchitis (LTB)
inspiratory stridor, cough that sounds like a barking seal
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Tracheoesophageal Fistula (TEF)
5 C's (coughing, choking, cyanosis, continous drooling, chest pain) Enlarged stomach, Wheezing, SOB its a tube between trach and esophagus (aspiration-- feed baby steril water/breast milk for first feeding)
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Epiglotitis
3D's (Drooling, Dysphonis, Dysphagia)
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Hodgekin's disease (Lymphoma)
Painless, progressive enlargement of spleen & Lymph tissues, Reedstenberg Cells
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Infectious Monocleosis
Sore throat, cervical lymph adenopathy, fever
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Parkinson's
Pill-rolling tremors
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Fibrin Hyalin
Expiratory Grunt infant resp distress syndrome
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Cystic Fibrosis
Salty skin, Sticky mucous (usually Dx when someone kiss the baby and taste like salt)
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DM
3 P's (Polyuria, polydypsia, polyphagia)
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DKA
Kussmauls breathing (deep rapid Resp rate)
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Bladder Cancer
Painless hematuria
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BPH
reduced size & force of urine, trouble starting a stream of urine, leaking, or dribbling, Frequent & urgency to urinate
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Pemphigus Vulgaris
Painful rapid sperading blisters of skin or mucous membranes that don't itch. Nikolsky's sign (Seperation of epidermis caused by rubbing of the skin).
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Retinal Detacment
Visual Floaters, Flashes of light, curtain vision
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Glaucoma
Painfull Peripheral vision loss, tunnel/gun barrel/halo vision
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Cataract
Painless vision loss, Opacity of the lens, Blurring of vision
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Retino Blastoma
Cat's eye reflex (grayish discoloration of pupils)
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Acromegaly
Coarse facial feature, gigantism (excessive GH)
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Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy
Gower's sign (use of hands to push one's self from the floor) inherited disorder that involves muscle weakness, which quickly gets worse
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GERD
Barretts esophagus (erosion of the lower portion ofthe esophageal mucosa). heartburn, hoarseness or sore throat, regurgitation of food or acid reflux.
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Hepatic Encephalopathy
Flapping tremors, dysfunction of the brain (personality changes, intellectual impairment, impaired memory, coma) worsening of brain function that occurs when the liver is no longer able to remove toxic substances in the blood
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Hydrocephalus
Bossing Sign (prominent forehead), mnitor for increase ICP, shunt may be needed to drain
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Increase ICP
HYPERtension, BRADYpnea, BRADYcardia (Cushing's Triad)
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Shock
HYPOtension, TACHYpnea, TACHYcardia
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Meniere's Disease
Vertigo, Tinnitus hearing/ear problem
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Cystitis
Burning on urination
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Hypocalcemia
Chvostek & Trosseaus Sign
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Ulcerative Colitis
inflammatory bowel disease Recurrent bloody diarrhea, ab pain
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Lyme's Disease
sperad form tick Bull's eye rash, Flu-like symptoms (Fever, chills, fatigue, body aches, headache)
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Tetany
Hypocalcemia, (+) Trousseau's sign/carpopedal spasm, (+) Chvostek Sign (facial spasm).
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Body's mechanical barriers in immunity
skin body secretionc (Sweat, oil) Cilia (transporters) Mucus (traps organism in resp tract)
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Body's chemical barriers in immunity
``` enzymes acids (kills bacteria by denaturation) fatty acid=skin Gastric acid=stomach complement system (present antigen to bacteria to remove from body) ```
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inflammatory resp
1. redness 2. swelling 3. pain 4. heat 5. loss of function
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Body's cell barriers in immunity
WBC (neutrophiles, baso, eos, ..)
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active immunity
when exposure to a disease organism body triggers the immune system to produce antibodies to that disease. Active immunity is long-lasting, and sometimes life-long.
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Passive immunity
person is given antibodies to a disease rather than producing them through his or her own immune system. (Mother to baby, vaccine) give immediate protection but its temporary (3-6 months)
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natural immunity
antibodies passed from mother to baby
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fetal alcohol syndrome
needs vit replacement (vit B complex for CNS func) ASAP due to decreased maternal diet which can lead to malnutrient infant needs to be held and cuddled due to poorly dev CNS
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Diabetes
3 p's polyuria polydypsia polyphagia
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somogyi phenomenon
high blood glucose level at bedtime and it drops in early morning like (2-3am) TX: increase bedtime snack and decrease insulin somogyi = S for bed time snack
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Dawn phenomenon
pre-brakfast (5-8 AM) hyperglycemia TX: give insulin at 10 pm Dawn = D for dose of insulin at 10 pm

Common Signs & Symptoms to Diseases (1 decks)

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