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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

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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)

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exopthalmus (Bulging eye– eye care), hot, irritable

increase DTR - hyperactive

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Intussusception

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bowel goes backward into itself
sausage shaped mass, Dance Sign (Empty portion of RLQ)
jelly like stool (blood + mucus)

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28
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MS

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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

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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

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Ascending muscle weakness (head to toe)

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DVT

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Homan’s sign

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Chicken Pox

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Vesicular Rash (Central to distal) dew drop on rose petal

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Angina

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Crushing stubbing pain relieved by Nitro

34
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MI

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Crushing stubbing pain raditating to left shoulder, neck, arm. unrelieved by nitro

35
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Acute Laryngotracheobronchitis (LTB)

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inspiratory stridor, cough that sounds like a barking seal

36
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Tracheoesophageal Fistula (TEF)

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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

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3D’s (Drooling, Dysphonis, Dysphagia)

38
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Hodgekin’s disease (Lymphoma)

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Painless, progressive enlargement of spleen & Lymph tissues, Reedstenberg Cells

39
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Infectious Monocleosis

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Sore throat, cervical lymph adenopathy, fever

40
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Parkinson’s

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Pill-rolling tremors

41
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Fibrin Hyalin

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Expiratory Grunt

infant resp distress syndrome

42
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Cystic Fibrosis

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Salty skin, Sticky mucous (usually Dx when someone kiss the baby and taste like salt)

43
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DM

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3 P’s (Polyuria, polydypsia, polyphagia)

44
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DKA

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Kussmauls breathing (deep rapid Resp rate)

45
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Bladder Cancer

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Painless hematuria

46
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BPH

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reduced size & force of urine, trouble starting a stream of urine, leaking, or dribbling, Frequent & urgency to urinate

47
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Pemphigus Vulgaris

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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).

48
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Retinal Detacment

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Visual Floaters, Flashes of light, curtain vision

49
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Glaucoma

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Painfull Peripheral vision loss, tunnel/gun barrel/halo vision

50
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Cataract

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Painless vision loss, Opacity of the lens, Blurring of vision

51
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Retino Blastoma

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Cat’s eye reflex (grayish discoloration of pupils)

52
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Acromegaly

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Coarse facial feature, gigantism (excessive GH)

53
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Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy

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Gower’s sign (use of hands to push one’s self from the floor)

inherited disorder that involves muscle weakness, which quickly gets worse

54
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GERD

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Barretts esophagus (erosion of the lower portion ofthe esophageal mucosa). heartburn, hoarseness or sore throat, regurgitation of food or acid reflux.

55
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Hepatic Encephalopathy

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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

56
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Hydrocephalus

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Bossing Sign (prominent forehead), mnitor for increase ICP, shunt may be needed to drain

57
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Increase ICP

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HYPERtension, BRADYpnea, BRADYcardia (Cushing’s Triad)

58
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Shock

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HYPOtension, TACHYpnea, TACHYcardia

59
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Meniere’s Disease

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Vertigo, Tinnitus

hearing/ear problem

60
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Cystitis

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Burning on urination

61
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Hypocalcemia

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Chvostek & Trosseaus Sign

62
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Ulcerative Colitis

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inflammatory bowel disease

Recurrent bloody diarrhea, ab pain

63
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Lyme’s Disease

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sperad form tick

Bull’s eye rash, Flu-like symptoms (Fever, chills, fatigue, body aches, headache)

64
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Tetany

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Hypocalcemia, (+) Trousseau’s sign/carpopedal spasm, (+) Chvostek Sign (facial spasm).

65
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Body’s mechanical barriers in immunity

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skin
body secretionc (Sweat, oil)
Cilia (transporters)
Mucus (traps organism in resp tract)

66
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Body’s chemical barriers in immunity

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enzymes
acids (kills bacteria by denaturation)
        fatty acid=skin
        Gastric acid=stomach
complement system (present antigen to bacteria to remove from body)
67
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inflammatory resp

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  1. redness
  2. swelling
  3. pain
  4. heat
  5. loss of function
68
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Body’s cell barriers in immunity

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WBC (neutrophiles, baso, eos, ..)

69
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active immunity

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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.

70
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Passive immunity

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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)

71
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natural immunity

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antibodies passed from mother to baby

72
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fetal alcohol syndrome

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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

73
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Diabetes

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3 p’s
polyuria
polydypsia
polyphagia

74
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somogyi phenomenon

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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

75
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Dawn phenomenon

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pre-brakfast (5-8 AM) hyperglycemia

TX: give insulin at 10 pm

Dawn = D for dose of insulin at 10 pm

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