Endocrinology conditions Flashcards
Hyperthroiddsm symptoms
· weight loss · increased appetite · diarrhoea · heat intolerance · sweating · tremor· palpitations
Hyperthroiddsm signs
tachycardia · atrial fibrillation · lid lag · lid retraction · onycholysis · palmar erythema · warm moist skin -goitre
Acromegaly symptoms
· arthralgia · excessive sweating gonadal dysfunction · low libido · erectile dysfunction
acromegaly signs
"· acral enlargement · wide nose - big tongue · big jaw · big supraorbital ridges · skin tags" - darkened skin deep voice
Craniopharyngioma symptoms
“· growth failure (children, 50%)
· erectile dysfunction”
Cushings Syndrome signs
"· central obesity · plethoric · moon face skin and muscle atrophy · bruises · acne · violaceous striae"
Cushingss Syndrome symptoms
"· increased weight · mood · depression · irritability · psychosis · gonadal dysfunction · oligomenorrhea (F) · hirsutism (F) · erectile dysfunction (M)"
Hyperaldosteronism symptos
"· nocturia · hypokalaemia symptoms · hypotonia · hyporeflexia · tetany · cramps · palpitations · light headedness · constipation "
Thyroid Carcinoma symptoms
“late presenting
· hoarseness
· dyspnoea
· dysphagia”
Thyroid Carcinoma signs
“· thyroid nodules*
· cervical lymphadenopathy”
Hypercalcaemia symptoms
· dehydration
Precocious Puberty symptms
· symptoms related to underlying cause
Precocious Puberty signs
· secondary sexual characteristics before:
Delayed Puberty symptoms
· symptoms related to underlying cause
Diabetes Insipidus symptoms
“· nocturia
· no glycosuria
hypernatraemia symptoms”
Syndrome of Inappropriate ADH (SIADH) symptoms
“brain oedema (hyponatraemia)
· seizure”
Hyponatraemia symptoms
" · asymptomatic · headache · anorexia · abdominal pain · weakness · confusion/hallucination · agitation · fitting · coma"
Hyperkalaemia symptoms
"· chest pain · palpitations · hypotonia · hyporeflexia · tetany · cramps · palpitations"
Carcinoid Syndrome symtpoms
abdominal · abdominal cramps
· palpitations
carcinoid Syndrome signs
high JVP
· hepatomegaly
Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus sympotms
hunger
type 1 diabetes mellitus signs
ketosis à pear drop breath
· ketosis à pear drop breath
· hyperventilation
· dehydration
Hypoglycaemia symptoms
autonomic, plasma glucose < 3.8mM · sweating · palpitations · tremor neuroglycopenic, plasma glucose < 2.8mM · drowsiness · altered behaviour · speech difficulty · incoordination severe neuroglycopenic, plasma glucose < 1.5mM · convulsions
Primary adrena insuffieiency signs
· vitiligo
· tired, thin, tearful, tanned
secondary adrenal insuffieicny signs
vitligo
tired thin tearful tanned
secondary hyperparathrydosism signs
· Trousseau’s sign (blood pressure cuff 20mmHg above systolic à hand spasm)
hypopathydism
· Trousseau’s sign (blood pressure cuff 20mmHg above systolic à hand spasm)
pseudoparathrydism
· Trousseau’s sign (blood pressure cuff 20mmHg above systolic à hand spasm)
Albright’s hereditary osteodystrophy
· short 4th & 5th metacarpals
· short stature
Hypercalcaemia symptoms
· bones, kidney stones, abdominal groans, mental moans
· Trousseau’s sign (blood pressure cuff 20mmHg above systolic à hand spasm)
delayed puberty signs
· absent menarche by 15 years
· lack of testicular enlargement by 14 years
· lack of pubic hair by 15 years
hyperkalemcia cisn
· arrhythmia
· Kussmaul’s breathing (deep, laboured breathing)
