Terminology

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Negative sensory symptoms

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Loss of normal sensations

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Positive sensory symptoms

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Sensation above what is normal

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Paraesthesia

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Abnormal sensation without abnormal stimulus

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Hyperaesthesia

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Abnormal increase in sensitivity to a stimulus

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Dysasthrsia

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All positive sensory changes

=paraesthesia + hyperaesthesia

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Hyperalgesia

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Heightened response to a noxious stimulus

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Allodynia

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Normal stimulus felt as pain

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Hypoaesthesia

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Diminished ability to perceive pain, temp, or touch

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Anaesthesia

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Complete inability to perceive pain, temp, or touch

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Analgesia

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Complete insensitivity to pain

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Ataxia

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Symptoms of imbalance, unsteady gait, lack of precision with movements

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Diplopia

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Double vision

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What’s the name of the visual acuity chart?

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Snellen chart

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Amblyopia

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Lazy eye

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Myopia

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Shortsightedness

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Hyperopia

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Longsightedness

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Ptosis

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Severe limitation of ocular movement

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Mystagmus

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?beats in the eye when at extremes of motion

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Pronator drift

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A sign: when you ask a pt to hold their arms out in front of them, with palms upwards and eyes closed and their arms start to pronate and drift downwards.

Indicates mild upper limb weakness

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Nominal aphasia

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Difficulty finding words

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Apraxia

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Impaired ability to carry out motor activities (despite intact muscle and nerve fn)

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Agnosia

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Problems recognising or identifying objects (despite intact sensory fn)

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Polyphagia

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Increased appetite

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Polydipsia

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Increased thirst

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Polyuria

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Increased urine output

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Nocturia

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Waking up at night to urinate

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Disdiadocokinesia

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Cerebellar dysfunction - can't do the hand thing in PCP

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Genu varum

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Bowed legs

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Genu valgum

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Knock-kneed

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Joint effusion

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Fluid in the joint

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Extrinsic shoulder pain

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Pain from outside the shoulder | eg from cervical spine, diaphragm, or heart

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Sciatica

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Back pain & sensory symptoms due to irritation of L5/S1 nerve roots

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Anovulatory bleeding

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PV bleeding without ovulation. Common at the extremes of age, and can often be irregular

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Primary amenorrhoea

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When a woman has never had a period

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Secondary amenorrhoea

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When a woman who had established cycles ceases menstruation

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Amenorrhoea

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Absence of menstruation during the reproductive years, usually for at least 6/12

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Oligomenorrhoea

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Infrequent menstruation in a woman who previously had regular cycles (Usually means only 4-9 periods per year)

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Polymenorrhoea

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When the interval between periods is less than 21 days

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Dysmenorrhoea

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Painful periods

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Primary dysmenorrhoea

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Pain at the start of the menses

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Secondary dysmenorrhoea

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Pain later on the in menses | Usually related to prostaglandin effects on the uterus

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Menorrhagia

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Abnormally heavy menstruation for at least several consecutive cycles

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Menarche

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Onset of menstruation

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Dysperunia

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Pain with sex

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Cottage cheese vaginal discharge

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Indicative of candidiasis

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Whitish-grey discharge with a fishy smell

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Indicative of bacterial vaginosis

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Frothy discharge often with a green-yellow colour

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Indicative of trichomonas

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Dysuria

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Painful urination

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Polyuria

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High volume voided | < 1.5L

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Polydipsia

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Increase volume of liquid intake

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Nocturia

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Nocturnal micturition

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Terminal dribbling

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Dribbling at the end of micturition

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Pyuria

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Pus in the urine

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Haematuria

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Blood in the urine

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Urinary frequency

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The need to void is felt at more frequent intervals

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Urinary urgency

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A compelling need to empty the bladder ASAP, even if the blader isn't full

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Irritative voiding symptoms

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Dysuria Frequency Urgency

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Obstructive voiding symptoms

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Hesitancy Straining Dribbling

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Urinary hesitancy

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Difficulty initiating the urinary stream