Referral Alerts

Question 1

Chest Pain; Dizziness; Shortness of breath; Unexplained pain in the left arm; Unexplained swelling of the ankles/legs; Unexplained weight gain.

Answer 1

Congestive Heart Failure
Myocardial Infarction
Splenic Rupture

Question 2

Unexplained weight loss; Moles or other acute skin growths; Slow-to-heal skin lesions; Blood in the stool; Unremitting night pain.

Answer 2

Cancer

Question 3

Blood in the urine; Pain in the flank following the course of the ureter; Low back pain associated with the above.

Answer 3

Kidney Stones

Kidney/Bladder Infections

Question 4

Loss of balance/coordination; Loss of consciousness; Bilateral hyperreflexia; Acute hyporeflexia; Inability to produce voluntary muscle contractions; Unexplained general muscular weakness; Bowel or bladder dysfunction.

Answer 4

Neurological Involvement

Question 5

Fever; Chills; Night sweats

Answer 5

Systemic Disease or Infection

Question 6

Insidious joint or bone pain

Answer 6

Ankylosing Spondylitis (spine)
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Lyme Disease
Osteomyelitis
Osteosarcoma
Septic Arthritis
Gout

Question 7

Amenorrhea; Severe Dysmenorrhea

Answer 7

Pregnancy

Ectopic Pregnancy