Signs and Symptoms of Respiratory Disease

Question 1

Name 4 diseases of the airways.

Answer 1

Asthma
COPD
Bronchiectasis
Cystic fibrosis

Question 2

Name 3 diseases of the lung tissue.

Answer 2

Pulmonary fibrosis
Pneumonia
TB

Question 3

Name 1 disease of the pulmonary circulation.

Answer 3

Pulmonary embolism

Question 4

Name 2 diseases of the pleua.

Answer 4

Pneumothorax

Pleural effusion

Question 5

Name 2 diseases that don’t affect the lungs but still impede breathing.

Answer 5

Myasthenia gravid

Scoliosis

Question 6

Describe dyspnoea. (2)

Answer 6

Subjective awareness of increased effort required for breathing. Common to lots of lung diseases.

Question 7

Name 4 things that would cause instant dyspnoea.

Answer 7

Acute asthma attack
Foreign body aspiration
PE
Pneumothorax

Question 8

Name 2 things that would cause dyspnoea to develop over hours to days.

Answer 8

Pneumonia

Exacerbation of COPD

Question 9

Name 3 things that would cause dyspnoea to develop over weeks to months.

Answer 9

Pleural effusion
Cancer
Anaemia

Question 10

Name 2 things that would cause dyspnoea to develop over years.

Answer 10

Fibrosis

COPD

Question 11

Name 3 causes of pleritic chest pain.

Answer 11

Infection (pleurisy)
Pneumothorax
PE

Question 12

Name 3 causes of chest-wall related chest pain.

Answer 12

Rib fracture
Costochondritis
Shingles

Question 13

Name 5 causes of mediastinal chest pain.

Answer 13

Aortic dissection
MI
Pericarditis
GORD
Oesophagitis

Question 14

Name two causes of a dry cough.

Answer 14

Asthma

Pneumothorax

Question 15

Name three causes of productive cough.

Answer 15

COPD
pneumonia
Bronchiectasis

Question 16

Name a cause of a bovine or weak cough.

Answer 16

Vocal cord addiction failure

Question 17

Name a cause of seal-like or barking cough

Answer 17

Croup in children

Question 18

Name 8 respiratory causes of cough

Answer 18

Pneumonia
Bronchiectasis 
CF
Fibrosis
Irritants
Post-nasal drip
Cancer
Foreign body

Question 19

Name 3 non-respiratory causes of cough.

Answer 19

LV HF
GORD
Drugs eg ACE inhibitors.

Question 20

Name 2 causes of productive cough with clear sputum.

Answer 20

COPD

Chronic bronchitis

Question 21

Name a cause of productive cough with yellow or green sputum.

Answer 21

Infection

Question 22

Name 2 causes of haemoptysis.

Answer 22

TB

Lung cancer

Question 23

Explain the difference between wheeze and stridor.

Answer 23

Wheeze: high pitched, musical, small airway obstruction, expiration.
Stridor: high pitched, constant, large airway obstruction, inspiration.

Question 24

Desribe 2 causes that would present with use of accessory muscles on examination.

Answer 24

COPD

Severe asthma attack

Question 25

Name 2 causes of clubbing.

Answer 25

Cancer

Bronchiectasis

Question 26

Name 2 causes of symmetrically reduced chest expansion.

Answer 26

COPD

Fibrosis

Question 27

Name 3 causes of asymmetrically reduced chest expansion.

Answer 27

Collapse
Pneumothorax
Effusion