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General Practice Flashcards

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Urinary symptoms

Red flags

A

Flank pain - “pain just below ribs”

blood in the urine
weight loss
high blood pressure

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I’ve got diarrhoea

Common diagnosis and red flag signs

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Gastroenteritis
IBD
IBS (Factitious / Malingering)

Red Flag Blood/mucus in stool
weight loss
Tenesmus
Decreased frequency

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Back pain

Common diagnosis and red flag signs

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Sciatica
Slipped Disc

Red Flag Urinary or faecal incontinence

Saddle anaesthesia
Pins and needles
Change in sensation
Hot or Cold

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4
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My ear hurts

Common diagnosis and red flag signs

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Otitis Media- Common
Otitis externa
Red Flag Mastoiditis “swelling behind the ear”

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Sore throat

Common diagnosis and red flag signs

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Quinsy - emergency
Stridor
SOB

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My child has an itchy bottom

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Perianal/vulval itching in a child worse at night with no abnormalities on examination is suggestive of threadworm. First line treatment is with oral Mebendazole, and hygiene measures for all members of the household.

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