DDX 1 Final v1 Flashcards
Name 2 conditions caused by varicella.
- Herpes zoster
2. Mumps/ measles
What is the appendicitis test?
Psoas sign
What is associated history of an elderly patient with vision loss?
Provocation by prolonged time in a dark room; nausea/ vomiting, eye hard on palp = acute closed-angle glaucoma (medical emergency)
Asthma theories
Exposure to TB, measles, hepatitis A infection ; younger siblings, exposure to daycare, exposure to animals in first 6 months
What does it suggest if breathing difficulty improves slowly, when before even minimal activity left the patient breathless? The patient is a non-smoker.
(Difficulty breathing without exertion = position related)
Bulimia nervosa patient findings?
Puffy cheeks, bruised knuckles, dental erosion
Candida presentation?
(Vaginal discharge) extreme puritis but w/ scant discharge
Causes for chronic non-productive cough?
- Post-nasal drip -> relieved by sitting up/ propping head up by pillows
- Cough-Variant Asthma-> cold, dry environment* (hyperactive airway disease)
- Chronic bronchitis (smoker), GI reflux, bronchiectasis
Causes of epigastric pain?
- Reflux esophagitis
- Peptic ulcer
- Pancreatitis
Cells for endometriosis?
Come from epithelium
Chest with nitro?
Angina
Classes presentation of appendicitis?
Anorexia & pain mid-abdomen; nausea/ vomiting
How do you dx?
Middle age, older female
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- Severe abdominal pain associated w/ nausea & vomiting* ; occurred right after eating fatty meal, pain 12-18 hours and then resolves w/ little residual pain
Classic presentation of ectopic pregnancy?
Lower abdominal pain and missed “spotty” period
Classic presentation of IBS?
Early morning chronic, persistent constipation, non-bloody stool, and mucus found in stool
COPD (airway disorder)
- obstruction due to mucus production
- decrease in FEV1*
- exhalation most affected
- Increase in residual volume
- Wheeze & cough
Definitive dx of appendicitis
Ultrasonography (US)
Detrusor innervation
Parasympathetic -> pudendal nerve S2-S4 -> constriction
Diarrhea under stress
Ulcerative Colitis (UC)
Ear pain
TMJ/ teeth, Csp, glasses, infection
Ear pain and infection
Primarily in babies, uncommon in adults
Evaluation of ectopic pregnancy
- (+) pregnancy test (subunit B-hCG) w/
Seeing “flashes of light” indicate?
Vitro retinal traction
What does gradual loss of CENTRAL VISION indicate?
Red reflex = absent cataract
CATARACT, RETINAL DETACHMENT
What does gradual loss of vision, but improved w/ looking through a PINHOLE indicate?
Refractive error (need contacts)
What does seeing “halos” around light indicate?
Glaucoma