diff. diagnosis of key symptoms Flashcards
1
Q
what can cause hypertension?
A
- endocrine- phaeochromocytoma, Cushing’s, Acromegaly, Conn’s
- essential hypertension
- pregnancy
- renal disease
- coarctation of the aorta
- chronic pancreatitis
- PKD
- sickle cell anaemia
2
Q
what can cause angina?
A
- atheroma
- anaemia
- aortic stenosis
3
Q
what can cause chest pain?
A
- ischaemic heart disease
- pericarditis
- pneumothorax
- pleurisy
- trauma
- aortic dissection
- hyperkalaemia
- oesophageal carcinoma
- sickle cell anaemia
- diffuse parenchymal lung disease
- pneumothorax
4
Q
what can cause dyspnoea?
A
- mitral stenosis
- heart failure
- aortic regurgitation
- dilated cardiomyopathy
- supraventricular tachycardia
- left ventricular failure
- aortic stenosis
- Alpha-1 antritrypsin deficiency
- GCA
- COPD
- asthma
- hypersensitivity pneumonitis
5
Q
what can cause fatigue?
A
- mitral stenosis
- cardiac arrhythmia’s
- hepatocellular carcinoma
- coeliac disease
- Hodgkin’s lymphoma
- anaemia
- Sjogren’s syndrome
- pulmonary hypertension
6
Q
what can cause oedema?
A
- congestive cardiac failure
- hypoproteinaemia
- mitral stenosis/ regurgitation
- anaphylactic shock
- DVT
- pulmonary hypertension
7
Q
what can cause palpitations?
A
- mitral stenosis
- heart block
- atrial fibrillation
- supra ventricular tachycardia
- ventricular tachycardia
- sinus tachycardia
- aortic regurgitation
- hyperthyroidism
- hyperkalaemia
8
Q
what can cause wheeze?
A
- asthma
- COPD
- bronchiolitis
- left ventricular failure
- anaphylactic shock
- hypocalcaemia
9
Q
what can cause syncope?
A
- aortic stenosis/ regurgitation
- arrythmia’s
- hypertrophic - cardiomyopathy
- TIA
- pulmonary embolism
10
Q
what can cause breathlessness?
A
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- STEMI
- anaemia of chronic disease
- iron deficiency anaemia
- byssinosis
- ## pulmonary embolism
11
Q
what can cause polyuria?
A
- diabetes mellitus- type 1
- Conn’s
- diabetes insipidus
- hypercalcaemia
- urinary tract obstruction
12
Q
what can cause weight loss?
A
- type 1 diabetes
- hyperthyroidism
- oesophageal carcinoma
- carcinoma of the stomach
- liver tumour
- renal cell carcinoma
- Hodgkin’s lymphoma
- CLL
- CML
13
Q
what can cause diarrhoea?
A
- hyperthyroidism
- Addison’s
- carcinoid syndrome
- GI tumour
- coeliac disease
- tropical sprue
- Crohn’s disease
- ulcerative colitis
- IBS
- primary biliary cirrhosis
14
Q
what can cause vomiting?
A
- DKA
- Addison’s
- Gastro-Oesophageal obstruction
- carcinoma of the stomach
- gastritis
- coeliac disease
- intestinal obstruction
- renal stones
- TIA
- subarachnoid haemorrhage
- extra-dural haemorrhage
15
Q
what can cause dehydration?
A
- DKA
- infective diarrhoea
- cholera