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Symptoms Flashcards

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watery nasal discharge, mild pyrexia, malaise, sore nose and throat, tiredness, sneezing

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coryza

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frontal headache, facial pain, purulent rhinorrhoea, fever

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sinusitis

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nasal irritation, sneezing, rhinorrhoea, irritated soft palate, wheeze, itchy eyes and ears

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seasonal rhinitis

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loss of taste and smell, nasal blockage, rhinorrhoea

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perennial rhinitis

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sore throat, tonsilar lymph node enlargement, localised endemics of conjunctivitis and fever

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pharyngitis

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hoarseness, croup (barking cough) stridor, progressive airway obstruction

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acute laryngotracheobronchitis

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severe airflow obstruction, high fever

age 2-7

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actute epilottitis

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abrupt fever, severe headache, shivering and aching, sore throat and dry cough

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influenza

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irritating dry cough becoming productive, breathlessness, wheeze, mild fever
COPD

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acute bronchitis

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fever and rigors, pleuritic chest pain, breathlessness, cough (dry or productive), anorexia

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pneumonia

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productive cough, breathlessness, infective exacerbation, wheeze

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COPD

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chest tightness, wheeze, dry cough, breathlessness worse at night

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asthma

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loud snoring, daytime sleepiness, unrefreshed/retless sleep, headache, large neck and tongue, small mandible

obese, COPD, respiratory depressants, narrow pharyngeal opening

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OSA

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productive cough (yellow green sputum that can become haemoptysis), halitosis, recurrent febrile episodes and malaise, clubbing, coarse crackles and pneumonic episodes

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bronchiectasis

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persiting pneumonia, foul sputum, malaise, weight loss, raised inflammatory markers

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lung abscess

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recurrent infections, sinusitis (nasal polyps), breathlessness, haemoptysis, steathorreoa, meconium ileus, malapbsorption, abnormal teenage milestones

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CF

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persistent productive cough (3+ weeks), occaisonal haemoptysis, weight loss, night sweats, fever, fatigue, hoarseness, pleuritic pain

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TB

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erythema nodosum, uveitis, fatigue, weight loss, peripheral lymphadenopathy

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sarcoidosis

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severe rhinorrhoea –> nasal mucosa ulcer, cough, haemoptysis, pleuritic pain, occaisionally involves the skin and nervous system

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Wegners granulomatosis

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rhinitis and asthma, breathlessness, cough, difficulty passing urine, cold peripheries, systemic vasculitis (fever, sweats, fatigue, weight loss, rash)

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Churg-Strauss syndrome

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joint pain, fatigue, skin rash, pleurisy with or without effusion, effusions (small/bilateral), basal pneumonitis (restricted chest movement due to pleural pain

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SLE

Systemic lupus erythematosis

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22
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progressive breathlessness, dry cough, cyanosis, fine bilateral end-inspiratory crackles, clubbing, assoiated with autoimmune disease

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IPF

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23
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fever, malaise, cough, breathlessness, wheeze, coarse end inspiratory crackes, weight loss and IPF features

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EAA

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24
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considerable effort dyspnoea, cough and black sputum

occupational history

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coal workers pneumoconiosis

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25
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progressive breathlessness, clubbing, bilateral basal end-respiratory crackles
occupational history

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asbestosis

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26
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sudden onset pleuritic pain, increasing breathlessness, pallor, tachycardia, mediastinal shift

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pneumothorax

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27
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ongoing fever, persistent pneumonic symptoms

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empyema

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28
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breathlessness and sometimes chest pain but rarely

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pleural effusion

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29
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breathlessness, tachypnoea, increasing hypoxaemia, central cyanosis, fine bilateral crackles

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ARDS

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30
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progressive breathlessness, ankle oedema, parasternal heave, tricuspid regurgitation, ECG pattern of RVH

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pulmonary hypertension / cor pulmonare

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31
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sudden breathlessness, sudden chest pain, haemoptysis, tachypniea, fever, pleural rub, raised JVP

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PE

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32
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breathlessness, orthopnoea, leg/abdominal swelling, cough and haemoptysis, pale skin

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pulmonary oedema

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33
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cough, breathlessness, haemoptysis, chest paun ,weheeze, hoarseness, weight loss, dysphagia

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lung cancer

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34
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sweating, headaches, palpitations, breathlessness

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hypertension

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35
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Heavy/tight/gripping chest pain, typically on exertion, radiating to the jaw and/or arms

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angina

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36
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new onset chest pain/chest pain at rest/worsening angina/worst pain ever felt, atypical features of indigestion, pleuritic pain and breathlessness

37
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exertional dyspnoea, orthopneoa, tiredness, pink frothy sputum, cardiomegaly, V hypertrophy, S3 and S4, raised JVP, crackles, pleural effusion, ankle oedema, ascites, hepatomegaly

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heart failure

38
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Palpitations, Fast/slow/irregular pulse, Dizziness, syncope, Dyspnoea, chest

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arrhythmias

39
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Breathlessness, fatigue, Ankle swelling, Pansystolic →axilla, Displaced apex

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valve disease

40
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Asymptomatic until mod-severe, Breathlessness, dizziness, chest pain, Ejection systolic →carotids, Slow-rising pulse, heaving apex

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aortic stenosis

41
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Breathlessness on exertion, fatigue, Palpitations, malar flush, Mid-diastolic rumbling, tapping apex

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mitral stenosis

42
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Breathlessness, chest pain, dizziness, Collapsing pulse, Corrigan’s sign, Early diastolic, Displaced apex

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aortic regurgitation

43
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Breathlessness, fatigue, Fever, weight loss, New/changing heart murmur, Sepsis/embolic events of unknown origin, Clubbing, splinter haemorrhages, Roth spots, Janeway lesions, Osler nodes

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infective endocarditis

44
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Pain, ulceration, dry skin, Hair loss, Diminished/absent pulses

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peripheral vascular disease

45
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pain, pallor, paraesthesia (tingling), paralysis, perishing cold (the 5 P’s).

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acute lower limb ischaemia

46
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Severe pain -> back, hypotension, tachycardia, anaemia, Mimic renal colic, diverticulitis, abdo pain, Pulsatile/expansile abdo mass, Discoloured peripheries

47
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PE like features, calf pain, leg swelling, ankle oedema, cyanotic discoloration

48
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pain, tenderness, redness, swelling in legs

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thrombophlebitis

49
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Central cyanosis due to right-to-left shunts, pulmonary hypertension from large left-to-right shunts, Clubbing (assoc. with prolonged cyanosis), Paradoxical embolisms (assoc. with patent foramen ovale)

50
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bounding pulse, machine gun murmur

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patnet ductus arteriosus

51
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Limb weakness on opp. side to infarct, Hemiplagia/hemiparesis, facial weakness, Aphasia (language disorder), Headache, unconsciousness (rare)

52
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Asymptomatic, Chest pain, dyspnoea, syncope, LV outflow obstruction, Double apex pulsation, S4, Jerky carotid pulse, systolic murmur, Hypertrophy affecting IV septum

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cardiomyopathies

53
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Arrhythmias, heart failure, Thromboembolism

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dilated cardiomyopathy

54
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Syncope, Ventricular arrhythmias, RHF in later stages

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Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy

55
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Heart failure symptoms, Hepatic enlargement, ascites

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Restrictive Cardiomyopathy

56
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Palpitations, Fatigue, dyspnoea, Chest pain, Heart failure

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heart failure

57
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white patches in the mouth

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leukoplakia

58
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Heartburn, aggravated by lying down, Regurgitation of food and acid, Nocturnal cough, Waterbrash (excessive salivation)

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GORD, barrets oesophagus

59
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intermittent dysphagia for both S+L; regurgitation particularly at night; chest pain (spasms)

60
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Progressive dysphagia, Weight loss (loss of appetite), Chest pain, Hoarse voice, Metastases – direct
invasion/lymphatic/vascular

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oesophageal cancer

61
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Feeling of fullness, bloating, Nausea, vomiting, Weight loss, Abdominal pain

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gastroparesis

62
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Epigastric pain, Loss of appetite and weight, Vomiting (hematemesis in later stages), Dysphagia

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gastric cancer

63
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Burning epigastric pain, Loss of appetite and weight, Feeling of fullness, nausea, Dyspepsia, Increased acid production, Reflux symptoms

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peptic ulcer disease

64
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Haematemesis, coffee-ground vomiting or malaena

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upper GI bleed

65
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Asymptomatic, non-specific, Diarrhoea, steatorrhoea, Abdominal pain, Mouth ulcers, angular stomatitis, Weight loss, Anxiety and depression

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coeliac disease

66
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Severe abdominal (colicky) pain, Abdominal distension + tenderness, ↓bowel sounds, Faeculent vomiting

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small bowel obstruction

67
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painless malaena

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meckels diverticulum

68
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Epigastric pain -> RIF (McBurney’s point), Anorexia, Nausea, vomiting, Tenderness in RIF, Low-grade fever, Roving’s (pain in RIF when LIF palpated)

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Appendicitis

69
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Abdominal cramps, Diarrhoea, Weight loss, Painful ulcers, Abscesses

70
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Diarrhoea + bleeding + mucus, Increased bowel frequency, Urgency, tenesmus, incontinence, Night rising, Lower abdominal pain (LIF), Weight loss

71
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Left-sided abdominal pain, Altered bowel habit, Nausea, Sepsis, PR bleeds

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diverticular disease

72
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Diarrhoea ± blood, Cramping pain, Dehydration, Weight loss

73
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change in bowel habit, weight loss, rectal bleeding, tenesmus, anaemia

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bowel cancer

74
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Bloating, Abdominal pain/discomfort, Increased frequency of toilet visits, Mucus stool, Incomplete emptying

75
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Yellow eyes and skin, Hepatosplenomegaly, Ascites, Signs of chronic liver disease (opposite)
Xanthelasma/xanthomas
Spider naevi, caput medusa
Clubbing
Duputren’s contracture
76
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Nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, Anorexia, weakness, fever, malaise, arthralgia, Hepatosplenomegaly

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Hep A

More severe = Hep B

77
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fatigue, discomfort, myalgia, loss of appetite

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Autoimmune hepatitis

78
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Jaundice, Lethargy, Itch, Nausea, Pain, Encephalopathy + hypoglycaemia if FHF

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acute and fulminant liver failure

79
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Jaundice, Nausea, vomiting, Steatorrhoea, Ascites, hepatosplenomegaly, Spider naevi, caput medusa etc.

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alcoholic liver disease

80
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Itch without a rash, Fatigue, Xanthelasma, Arthralgia, osteoporosis, Hepatosplenomegaly, Jaundice

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primary biliary cirrhosis

81
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weight loss, abdominal pain, herpatomegaly, lymphadenopathy

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liver cancer

82
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  • Signs of liver disease
  • Hepatomegaly
  • Hypothyroidism, joint pain
  • Slate grey appearance
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haemochromatosis

83
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Kayser-fleisher rings, signs of liver disease

A

wilsons disease

84
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Asymptomatic
• Biliary colic – RUQ colicky pain (± radiation to shoulder) due to impact of stone in cystic duct
o Tender RUQ
o Nausea, vomiting
• Acute cholecystitis – infection of gall bladder due to accumulating bile as a result of impacted stone
obstructing the gall bladder
o Constant RUQ pain (± radiation to shoulder)
o Fever, vomiting
o Pyrexia, tenderness, guarding, Murphy’s sign

A

Gall stones

85
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• Pale stools, dark urine
• Pruritis
• Charcoat’s triad: jaundice,
fever, RUQ pain

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ascending cholangitis

86
Q

fever, fatigue, RUQ pain, wight loss, pruritus

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primary sclerosing cholangitis

87
Q

weight loss, jaundice, anorexia, lethargy

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biliary tumours

88
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  • Severe epigastric pain -> back
  • Fever, nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite
  • Tachycardia, hypotension
  • ↓bowel sounds if ileus
  • Grey Turner’s sign (flank bruising)
  • Cullen’s sign (periumbilical bruising)
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acute pancreatitis

89
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Chronic abdominal pain • Steatorrhoea

A

chronic pancreatitis

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