general medical condition

Hay Fever

associated with allergies and chaaracterized by symptoms such as sneezing, runny nose, itchy/watery eyes

Sinusitis

sinus infection, which can be bacterial or viral. assoicted wtih stuffiness, postnasal drainage, sore thorat, feeling of pressure, headache, tendernes

Asthma

widespread airway narrwoing, dyspnea, SOB, wheezing, cough, tachycardia, tachypnea, diaphoresis, “air hunger”

bronchitis

bacterial or viral; cough with productive yellow green sputum, chills, chest pain, SOB, fever, audible breath sounds and lethargy

Hyperventilation

respiratory alkolsis due to inadequate CO2; increased respiratry rate and anxiety

influenza

viral infection with headache, cough, chills, sinus congestion, muscle pain, sore thorat, malaise, fatigue, fever, and post nasal drip

Pneumonia

viral or bacterial with cough, chills, SOB, fatigue, anorexia, chest pain, fever, respiratory distress, elevated respiratory rate, elevated pulse, chills, dullness to percussion and bronchial breath sounds on auscultation

URI

cold; viral infection with nasal stuffiness, sore thorat, inflammation of nasal mucosa, nasal dischrage, postnasal drip and fever

migraine headache

This condition can be attributed to many factors, including vascular, nutritional and/or stress. It has a variety of symptoms including hemianopia, seeing flashes of light, severe headache, paresthesia, nausea, vomiting and photophobia.

diabetes

This is a disorder of glucose metabolism and is characterized by the following symptoms: polyuria, polydipsia, lethargy and weight gain or loss.

hyperthryodism

The following condition is often associated with increased metabolism, hyperphagia, weight loss and psychological disturbances

hypothryodism

The following condition is associated with diminished BMR, intolerance of cold, fatigue, mental apathy, sluggishness, constipation, muscle aches, dry skin and hair and coarsening of features.

Pancreatitis

If a patient has the following symptoms, what condition would you suspect? Severe peritonitis, epigastric pain, LUQ pain & rigidity, L shoulder pain and possibly shock.

monoculeosis

This condition is from the Epstein-Barr virus and has the following symptoms: headache, malaise, sore throat, fatigue, fever, pharyngitis, cervical adenopathy, lymphadenopathy and spleen enlargement.

Mumps

A viral condition with uni-bilateral swelling of parotid glands, chills, headache, pain below ears, fever and painful jaw movement.

Measles

Also known as the rubeola virus and has the following symptoms: fever, myalgia, malaise, numerous red skin eruptions and high fever (>104).

Amenorrhea

What is the condition called that is associated with hard physical training, low body fat, emotional stress and absence of menses for 6 months?

dysmenorrhea

What is the name of the condition associated with the following: blood flow to pelvic organs, hormonal painful menstruation, cramps, headache, nausea and abdominal tenderness

Oligomenorrhea

When a female has 3-6 menstrual cycles per year, what is this called?

Pelvic inflammatory disease

A bacterial infection associated with abdominal pain, high-grade fever, nausea and vaginal discharge is known as...

testicular contusion

When a male receives a direct blow that is associated with pain (usually <10min) and brief nausea, this condition is called?

UTI

A bacterial bladder infection with dysuria, frequency, urgency, flank pain, fever, supraoptic tenderness and hematuria is...

Kidney Stones

A painful condition with chills, fever and hematuria can be associated with which of the following?

candidiasis

This bacterial condition can either be oral or vaginal. If it is oral, it is recognized by its raised, white patches on mucosa and tongue. If it is vaginal, it is recognized by the thick, cheesy discharge and itching. What is this condition?

urethritis

An infection caused by irritative agents with burning and discomfort on urination and urethral discharge is known as...

Hydrocele

What is an accumulation of fluid in testis which is most commonly seen between 2-5 years old?

variocele

Varicose veins in scrotum with sensation of heaviness, tenderness and feels like "bag of worms" is known as...

Viral infections

rhinovirus, influenza, infectious monouncleosis, rubeela, rubeola, mumps, varicella

Respirtaory infections

sinusits, pharyngitis, tonsilits, seasonal atopic rhinits, acute bronchitis, pneumonia, bronchial asthma, EI bornchial obsturction, cystic fibrosis

rhinovirus

common cold

influena

ABCD

infectious mono

epstein-barr virus-EBV

rubella

german measles

rubeola

measles

mumps

parotitis

varicella

chicken pox

pharyngitis

sore thorat

Seasonal atopic rhinits

allergic, hay fevera

acute bronchitis

infeciton of respitry tract

pneumonia

infection of alveoli and brhoncioels

bronchial asthma

many triggers- viral infeciton, emotional stress, changes in weather, exercise, etc

Exercise induced broncial obsutrciton

asthma, exacerbated by exercise

cystic fiberosis

genetic disorder, COPD, pancreatic deficiency, urogential dysfunction, increase electrolytes in sweat

Duchenne muscular dystrophy

hereditary disease- degeneration of skeletal muscle

mysathenia gravis

autoimmune disease where antibodies attack synaptic junction

acetylcholine deficiency- abnormality produces early fatigue in skeletal muscle

meningitis

inflammation of meninges surrounding spinal cord and brain

multiple scleorosis

autoimmune inflammatory disease of CNS

deterioration and permannet damage to mylein sheath surrounding nerve cell axon

amyotrophic latearl sclerois

lou gehrigs disease

scleoriss of lateral region of spinal cord and degernation of motor neurons

atrophy of musclse

reflex sympathetic dystrophy

abnormal and excessive response of sympathetic portion of autoimmune nervous system

iron defiency anemai

small erythocyes, hemoglobin decrease, ferritin concentartion flow

runners anmeia

hemolysys, impact of foot strike leads to destruction of normal erythocytes

sickle cell anemia

chronic hereditary hemolytic disase

hemophilia

heredtiary disease, dificeny in clotting of blood, prolonged coagulation time, blood can’t clot and abnormal bleeding

lymphangiits

inflammaitno of lympathic channels

bacterial infeciton in blood

dibates mellitus

type 1- insulin dependent

type 2- noninsulin depending (overweight)

diabetic coma

keto

epilspesy

genetic, alterd brain metabolsim, or hisotry or injury

high BP

hypertension

STI

chlymaidy trachomatis

gential herpes

trichomoniasis

gential candidais

condyloma acuminata (venereal warts)

gonorrhea

syphillis

etopic pregnacy

fertilized egg implants outside uterine cavity, inflammation of fallopian tubes

amenorrhea, tenderness, soress/apan, refered pain to shoulders, pallor, shcok, hemorrhage

conjunctivits

pink eye, bacterial irritation, burning, photophobia, inflammation of conjuctiva, bloodshot eyes, sticky discharge

corneal abrasion

potentail foregin object, pain, granular feeling, photophobia, sesnation of foreign object, decreased focusing, watering

corneal laceration

sharp object, pain, distorted vision, laceration of cornea, tear shaped pupil

sty

sebaceous gland pain visual impairment erythema swelling tenderness boil-like lesion at base of the lashes

hyphema

direct blow causing impaired vision, increased pain with pressure and blood pooling in the anterior chamber of eye

detached retina

blunt trauma causing blurred vision, flashes of light, floathes, curtain/vein acrros field of vision

cellullitis

infection recognized by swelling, tenderness, erythema, edema

mollusucm contagiosum

pox virus characterized by its raised lesions, often near skin abrasion or laceration

ermatitis

inflammatory rash irritant characterized by its itchiness and redness and could be due to many factors including dryness, sun and uv light

abscess

usually bacterial and loacized collection of pus surrounded by a membrane often recognized by its heat, swelling, redness and throbbing pain

herpes simples

viral condition characteried by its painful blisters with clear vesicles. can be oral or gential

simplex 1

oral

simplex 2

genital

Herpes Zosters

AKA shingles

viral reactivation of inlfmmation of posteior root ganglia of a few segmetns of spinal or cranial nerves, leading to painful vesicular eruption along root pathways, often persisting for months

acne vulgaris

inflammation of sebaceious glands pain also recongized by its itching, balckheads, cysts and pustules

eczema

itchy, red rash that weeps or oozes serum. Can be caused by many factors and may become crusted, thickened or scaly. allergies, irritating chemicals, drugs, scratching skin or sun exposure

AIDS

formed from the HIV virus. sypomtos include secondar infection cough, malaise, ehadache, skin rashes, fever, abnomral lugn sounds and noticeably ill appearhces

syphilis

bacterial STD. first 2 montsh symptoms include painless epitherlial lesions, skin rash, low grade fever, fatigue, headache, LOA, and myalgia (muscle pain)

gonorrhea

AKA clap, bacterial STD associated with dysuria, dyspareunia, pelvic pain, and colored discharge

chlamydia

another bacterial STD associated with dysuria, dyspareunia and colored discharger

genital warts

viral STD that are characterized by external wart eruption 1-6 months after infection

Vaginitis

on own is not and STD it can be associated. yeast, bacterial or trichomonas and is recongized by itching, pain, colored sdischarge, painful sexual intercourse and/or inflammation of vaginal mucosa

appendicitis

inflammation and infection of appendix, include N/V, RLQ pain, anorexia, positve rebound test and fever

colitis

infection/hornic bowl disease associted with diarhesa, increase flatus, ill appearance, abdomen tender to palation and fever

constipation

decrease fluid content of feces, hard stool, straining during bowel movement, bloadting feeing, decrased appetite, and headache

diarrhea

may be viral or bacterial in nautre and loose watery stools which might be blood and associated with fever

esophageal reflux

heartburn and chest pain

gastritis

epigastirc pain with n/v, viral or bacterial

gastroenteritis

usually viral and can be recongized by n/v, diarrhea, anorexia, cramping, fever, abdomen and dehydartion

dyspepsia

indigestion recongized by pain, nauea/v, heartburn, acid regurgitation, accumulation of gas and belching

hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

enlargement of the heart and is likely associated with a family history of sudden death under the age of 50 as well as personal history of unexplained episodes of syncope, angina, dyspnea, murmur, increase with Valsalva maneuver. 

shock

Decreased blood pressure, rapid, weak pulse, confusion, agitation, syncope, increased respiration, tachycardia and cool, clammy skin is a condition known as

syncope

hypotension

is low blood pressure with decreased systolic and/or diastolic pressure.

epilepsy

disorder of brain aura preceding seizure. These seizures range from brief breaks in consciousness to tonic-clonic.

Reflex sympathetic dystrophy

when the CNS is producing continuous sympathetic stimulation to a limb severe localized pain (disproportionate to injury) and is characterized by skin hypersensitivity, history of injury with immobilization, edema, decreased ROM, skin/nail changes and increased skin temp.

meningitis

can be bacterial or viral. Symptoms present with an intolerable headache, very rigid neck, violent vomiting, rapidly rising fever (all worsening over a few hours), altered cognition, syncope and seizures.