Must Know Diagnosing Flashcards
What are the 7 murtagh masqueraders
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DDD SATU
Diabetes Depression Drugs Spinal Anaemia Thyroid Urinary tract infection
Proteinuria
Malaise
Carpal tunnel syndrome
Amyloidosis
tiredness, polyuria, polydipsia, weight loss
T1DM
fatigue, constipation, mental sluggishness
Hypothyroidism
fatigue, faintness, palpitations, dyspnoea on exertion, angina on effort
Anaemia
pain under heel on first stepping out + worse at end of day + limp
plantar fasciitis
Loss of appetite + loss of colour + loss of weight
Stomach malignancy
Child: arthralgia (knee, ankle) + purpuric rash ( buttock/leg) + abdominal pain
Heuloch Schonlein Purpurs
abattoir worker - sunden onset flu like illness + dry cough + prostration
Q feer
post fracture of pelvis/ femur + dyspnoea cyanosis + skin petechiae (anterior chest wall , axilla, conjunctivae)
Fat embolism
abrupt onset of flu like illness in returned traveller ( chills, headache, myalgia) + prostration + diarrhoea + cough + abdominal pain
malaria
Unwell patient in poly pharmacy + muscle weakness + mental changes + confusion stupor + seizures
hyponatraemia
diarrhoea + look mucus + abdominal cramps
IBD
diarrhoea + blood mucus + abdominal cramps + Constitutional symptoms + eyes joints
Crohn’s
FATIGUE + WEIGHT LOSS + IRONDEFICIENCY
coeliac disease