diff. diagnosis of key symptoms Flashcards

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what can cause hypertension?

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  • endocrine- phaeochromocytoma, Cushing’s, Acromegaly, Conn’s
  • essential hypertension
  • pregnancy
  • renal disease
  • coarctation of the aorta
  • chronic pancreatitis
  • PKD
  • sickle cell anaemia
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what can cause angina?

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  • atheroma
  • anaemia
  • aortic stenosis
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what can cause chest pain?

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  • ischaemic heart disease
  • pericarditis
  • pneumothorax
  • pleurisy
  • trauma
  • aortic dissection
  • hyperkalaemia
  • oesophageal carcinoma
  • sickle cell anaemia
  • diffuse parenchymal lung disease
  • pneumothorax
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what can cause dyspnoea?

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  • mitral stenosis
  • heart failure
  • aortic regurgitation
  • dilated cardiomyopathy
  • supraventricular tachycardia
  • left ventricular failure
  • aortic stenosis
  • Alpha-1 antritrypsin deficiency
  • GCA
  • COPD
  • asthma
  • hypersensitivity pneumonitis
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what can cause fatigue?

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  • mitral stenosis
  • cardiac arrhythmia’s
  • hepatocellular carcinoma
  • coeliac disease
  • Hodgkin’s lymphoma
  • anaemia
  • Sjogren’s syndrome
  • pulmonary hypertension
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what can cause oedema?

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  • congestive cardiac failure
  • hypoproteinaemia
  • mitral stenosis/ regurgitation
  • anaphylactic shock
  • DVT
  • pulmonary hypertension
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what can cause palpitations?

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  • mitral stenosis
  • heart block
  • atrial fibrillation
  • supra ventricular tachycardia
  • ventricular tachycardia
  • sinus tachycardia
  • aortic regurgitation
  • hyperthyroidism
  • hyperkalaemia
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what can cause wheeze?

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  • asthma
  • COPD
  • bronchiolitis
  • left ventricular failure
  • anaphylactic shock
  • hypocalcaemia
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what can cause syncope?

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  • aortic stenosis/ regurgitation
  • arrythmia’s
  • hypertrophic - cardiomyopathy
  • TIA
  • pulmonary embolism
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what can cause breathlessness?

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  • hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
  • STEMI
  • anaemia of chronic disease
  • iron deficiency anaemia
  • byssinosis
  • ## pulmonary embolism
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what can cause polyuria?

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  • diabetes mellitus- type 1
  • Conn’s
  • diabetes insipidus
  • hypercalcaemia
  • urinary tract obstruction
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what can cause weight loss?

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  • type 1 diabetes
  • hyperthyroidism
  • oesophageal carcinoma
  • carcinoma of the stomach
  • liver tumour
  • renal cell carcinoma
  • Hodgkin’s lymphoma
  • CLL
  • CML
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what can cause diarrhoea?

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  • hyperthyroidism
  • Addison’s
  • carcinoid syndrome
  • GI tumour
  • coeliac disease
  • tropical sprue
  • Crohn’s disease
  • ulcerative colitis
  • IBS
  • primary biliary cirrhosis
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what can cause vomiting?

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  • DKA
  • Addison’s
  • Gastro-Oesophageal obstruction
  • carcinoma of the stomach
  • gastritis
  • coeliac disease
  • intestinal obstruction
  • renal stones
  • TIA
  • subarachnoid haemorrhage
  • extra-dural haemorrhage
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what can cause dehydration?

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  • DKA
  • infective diarrhoea
  • cholera
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what can cause lethargy?

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  • type 1 diabetes
  • Cushing’s syndrome
  • diabetes insipidus
  • hypercalcaemia
  • liver abscess
  • pulmonary hypertension
17
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what can cause constipation?

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  • hypothyroidism
  • Addison’s
  • Parkinson’s disease
  • intestinal obstruction
  • haemorrhoids
18
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what can cause myalgia?

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  • hypothyroidism
  • Addison’s
  • systemic lupus erythematous
  • GCA
  • epilepsy
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what can cause renal stones?

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  • hyperparathyroidism
  • Crohn’s disease
  • hypercalcaemia
  • excessive dietary calcium
  • hypercalciuria
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what can cause anorexia?

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  • Addison’s
  • SiADH
  • hypercalcaemia
  • small intestinal tumours
  • liver tumours
  • pancreatic carcinoma
  • peptic ulcer disease
  • Crohn;s disease
  • ulcerative colitis
  • appendicitis
  • renal cell carcinoma
  • Hodgkins lymphoma
  • anaemia
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what can cause epigastric pain?

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  • carcinoma in GI tract
  • peptic ulcer disease
  • gastritis
  • chronic pancreatitis
22
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what can cause dysphagia?

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  • Wilson’s disease
  • volvulus of the stomach
  • oesophageal carcinoma
23
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what can cause abdominal distension?

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  • intestinal obstruction
  • IBS
  • chronic cholecystitis
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what can cause jaundice?

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  • alpha-1 antritrypsin deficiency
  • liver failure
  • acute pancreatitis
  • cholangitis
  • haemolysis
  • viral- CMV, EBV
  • Wilson’s disease
  • right heart failure
  • pancreatic cancer
  • gallstones
  • malaria
  • pernicious anaemia
  • G6PD deficiency
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what can cause haematuria?

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  • renal stones
  • CKD
  • PKD
  • glomerulonephritis
  • BPH
  • UTI
  • renal cell carcinoma
  • bladder tumour
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what can cause proteinuria?

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  • glomerulonephritis
  • nephrotic syndrome
  • renal stones
  • CKD
27
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what can cause urinary frequency?

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  • BPH
  • UTI
  • urinary tract obstruction
28
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what can cause urinary hesitancy?

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  • BPH
  • Prostate cancer
  • urinary tract obstruction
29
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what can cause seizures?

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  • meningitis
  • encephalitis
  • subarachnoid haemorrhage
  • subdural haemorrhage
  • sarcoidosis
  • trauma
  • stroke
  • haemorrhage
  • raised ICP
  • liver disease
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what can cause a cough?

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  • COPD
  • asthma
  • byssinosis
  • bronchiectasis
  • lung carcinoma
  • TB