Signs and symptoms

Question 1

A patient comes in with bilateral lymphadenopathy. Give 3 conditions that you would include in your differential diagnosis?

Answer 1

1. Local infection e.g. tonsilitis/TB.
2. Lymphoma.
3. Sarcoidosis.

Question 2

Give the basic differential diagnosis for dyspnoea

Answer 2

6 Ps
1. Pulmonary bronchial constriction (chronic bronchitis)
2. Possible foreign body 
3. Pulmonary embolus
4. Pump failure (LHF)
5. Pneumonia 
6. Pneumothorax 
or anxiety with hyperventilation!