JM Chapter 9 Flashcards
DxT angina + dyspnoea + blackouts
aortic stenosis
DXT menstrual dysfunction + obesity + hirsutism ->
polycystic ovarian
syndrome
DxT malaise + night sweats + pruritus -
Hodgkin lymphoma
DxT abdominal pain + diarrhoea + fever -
Crohn disease
DxT vertigo + vomiting + tinnitus ,
Ménière syndrome
DxT dizziness + hearing loss + tinnitus , ,
acoustic neuroma
DxT fatigue + muscle weakness + cramps -,
hypokalaemia
Complications of infarction (DIC)
including gangrene from meningococcaemia
Meningococcal infection:
DxT fever + rigors + hypotension
septicaemia
DXT fever + vomiting + headache
meningitis
DxT fatigue + dizziness syncope ,
cardiac arrhythmia
DxT fever + drooling + stridor (child)
epiglottitis
DxT headache + vomiting + altered consciousness
subarachnoid
haemorrhage (SAH)
DxT abdominal pain + amenorrhoea + abnormal vaginal bleeding
ectopic pregnancy
DxT fatigue + dyspnoea on exertion + dizziness
cardiomyopathy
DxT fatigue + weight loss + diarrhoea -,
coeliac disease
DxT anorexia/nausea + faecal leaking + abdominal bloating
faecal impaction
DxT abdominal cramps + flatulence + profuse diarrhoea
giardiasis
DXT lethargy + tiredness arthralgia
haemochromatosis
DxT lethargy + abdominal pains + irritability (in child) -,
lead
poisoning
DxT aching bones + waddling gait + deafness -
Paget disease
DxT malaise + cough + fever (+ erythema nodosum)
sarcoidosis
DxT (male child) snorting, blinking + oral noises (e.g. grunts) t loud
expletives ,
Tourette syndromeI
DxT malaise + fever + cough (# erythema nodosa)
TB or
sarcoidosis
DxT fever + sore throat + cervical lymphadenopathy
EB
mononucleosis
DxT fatigue + a/n/v + sallow skin - chronic
kidney failure
DxT polyuria + polydipsia + skin/orifice infections ,
diabetes mellitus
DXT FUO + cardiac murmur + embolic phenomena -
infective
endocarditis
DxT fatigue + polyarthritis + fever or skin lesions
SLE
DxT loin pain + haematuria + palpable loin mass -
kidney carcinoma
DxT malaise + weight loss + cough -
lung carcinoma
DxT fever + myalgia/headache + non-productive cough -
atypical
pneumonia
DxT malaise + night sweats + painless lymphadenopathy
non-
Hodgkin lymphoma
DXT arthralgia + Raynaud phenomenon + GORD (+ skin changes)
systemic sclerosis
DxT fatigue + headache + jaw claudication
temporal arteritis
DxT weakness + back pain + weight loss
multiple myeloma
DxT lethargy + physical/mental slowing + constipation
hypothyroidism
dysarthria + intention tremor + nystagmus
cerebellar disease
(typical of MS)
visual disturbance (blurred or transient loss)+
weakness in limbs t paraesthesia in limbs
multiple sclerosis
rigidity + bradykinesia + resting tremor
Parkinson disease
tremor (postural or action) + head tremor + absence of
Parkinsonian features
essential tremor
fatiguable and weakness of eyelids and eye
movements + limbs + bulbar muscles (speech and
swallowing)
myasthenia gravis
ascending weakness of limbs + of face + areflexia*
Guillain-Barré
syndrome (GBS)
(episodic) vertigo + tinnitus + hearing loss*
Ménière syndrome