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Werner Ch. 3 Flashcards

1
Q

What should you look for in a person that is sick?

A

signs and symptoms

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2
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Where should you not examine a person?

A

In the dark

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3
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What are basic things to look for in a person?

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report (symptoms) and examining (signs)

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4
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What is a symptom of chronic illness?

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When a person has lost weight slowly over a long period of time

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5
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What are signs of cerebral malaria in children?

A

blue-gray color

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5
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What are signs of anemia?

A

paleness in the lips and inside of eyelids

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6
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What are signs of tubercolosis?

A

lighter skin

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7
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What are signs of stravation

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bluish skin, especially in the lips and fingernails

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8
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What is a sign of shock?

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gray-white color with cool most skin

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9
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What are signs of disease in the liver?

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yellow color(jaundice) of the skin and eyes

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9
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What are other types of fever?

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Common cold or other infections, fever is mild. Typhoid that goes on for 5 days where malaria medicine does not help. Tuberculosis sometimes causes mild fever in the afternoon and in the night the person sweats and the fever goes down.

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10
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How many times should you take temperature of a sick person?

A

4 times

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11
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How can you measure temperature if there is no thermometer?

A

Put the back of your hand

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12
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What is considered a fever using a thermometer?

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37-39 is fever and 39-42 is high fever

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13
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How to take the temperature using a thermometer?

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  1. Clean the thermometer well with soap and water or alcohol. Shake it hard, with a snap of the wrist, until it reads less than 36 degrees.
  2. put the thermometer in either under the tongue, under armpit, or in the anus of a child (wet or grease first)
  3. leave for 3-4 minutes
  4. read it
  5. wash the thermometer
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14
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What are some differences in temperature?

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An armpit temperature will read a little lower than a mouth reading; in the anus it will read a little higher

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15
Q

What does a high temperature mean in newborns?

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Unusually high or low mean a serious infection (below 36)

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16
Q

How many breathes are normal in a minute

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12-20 for adults and up to 30 in younger children and 40 in babies

17
Q

What are some symptoms of pneumonia in adults?

A

more than 30 shallow breathes and 60 for newborn babies

18
Q

What are the normal pulses for people at rest?

A

60-80 in adults
80-100 in children
100-140 in babies

19
Q

When does pulse get faster?

A

exercise, nervousness, fightened, or fever

20
Q

How much does pulse increase by fever?

A

It increases 20 beats per minute for each degree rise in fever

21
Q

What does a very rapid and slow/irregular pulse mean?

A

heart trouble

22
Q

What does a weak rapid pulse mean?

A

shock

23
Q

What is a sign of poison or drugs?

A

very large/small pupils

24
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What does a slow pulse with a high fever mean?

A

sign of typhoid

25
Q

What is sign of brain damage?

A

jerking or uneven movement

26
Q

What is a sign of glaucoma?

A

If the eye with the larger pupil hurts so badly it causes vomiting

27
Q

What is a sign of iritis?

A

If the eye with the smaller pupil hurts a great deal

28
Q

What is a sign of a stroke or brain damage?

A

Difference in the size of the pupils of an unconscious person or a person who has had a recent head injury

29
Q

What is a sign of ear infection in babies?

A

A baby who cries a lot or pulls at his ear
often has an ear infection

30
Q

What does a hard belly mean?

A

acute abdomen such as appendicitis or peritonitis

31
Q

What should you do if you suspect peritonitis or appendicitis?

A

rebound pain

32
Q

What does a ulcer mean?

A

pain in the pit of the
stomach

33
Q

What are signs of polio?

A

If muscle loss and weakness is uneven or worse on one side in children.

34
Q

What is a sign of a dislocated jaw?

A

Pain after yawn or hit in the jaw

35
Q

What are sign of tenatus?

A

stiff jaw that will not open or severe infection of the throat or of a tooth

36
Q

What is a sign of meningitis?

A

If the neck or back is stiff and bent backwards. Especially if the head will not bend forward or cannot be put between the knees,
meningitis is likely

37
Q

What is a sign of spastic?

A

If a child always has some stiff muscles and makes strange or jerky movements

38
Q

What is a sign of seizures?

A

If strange or jerky movements come suddenly, with loss of consciousness. If they happen often, then epilepsy.

39
Q

What is a sign of leprosy?

A

Loss of feeling in or near spots or patches
on the body

40
Q

What is a sign of back problem or injury?

A

Loss of feeling on one side only

40
Q

What is a sign of diabetes and maybe leprosy?

A

loss of feeling in both hands or feet

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