Upper and Lower Respitory
In an unconscious adult or child older than 1 year, the most common cause of airway obstruction.
What is the Tongue?
This condition is characterized by low sodium levels in the blood, often resulting in symptoms like nausea, headache, confusion, and in severe cases, seizures.
what is hyponatremia?
This condition is often referred to as the ‘silent killer’ because it can develop without noticeable symptoms but can lead to heart disease and stroke if untreated.
What is Hypertension?
This condition, commonly known as gallstones, involves the formation of solid deposits in the gallbladder and may cause symptoms like right upper quadrant pain, nausea, and bloating, especially after fatty meals.
What is cholelithiasis?
This condition, characterized by a lack of muscle coordination and balance, can result from damage to the cerebellum or nerve pathways, often leading to unsteady walking and difficulty with fine motor tasks.
What is Ataxia?
This common condition, often triggered by dry air, trauma, or nasal congestion, results in bleeding from the nostrils and can be managed by pinching the nostrils together and leaning forward.
What is epistaxis?
A nurse assessing a patient with weight loss, heat intolerance, anxiety, and a rapid heart rate.
What is Hyperthyroidism?
This circulatory condition occurs when the blood vessels outside the heart and brain narrow, often resulting in pain in the legs during walking, known as claudication.
This liver infection is typically spread through contaminated food or water and causes symptoms like fatigue, jaundice, and abdominal pain. It usually resolves without long-term liver damage.
What is Hep-A?
This serious infection involves inflammation of the membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord, often presenting with symptoms like headache, fever, neck stiffness, and sensitivity to light.
What is meningitis?
This lung infection, caused by bacteria, viruses, or fungi, leads to symptoms like cough, fever, difficulty breathing, and chest pain, and can be diagnosed through imaging and sputum tests.
What is Pneumonia?
This synthetic medication is commonly prescribed to treat hypothyroidism by replacing the thyroid hormone thyroxine (T4).
What is Levothyroxine?
This condition, caused by atherosclerosis in the arteries of the legs, leads to reduced blood flow and can cause symptoms like leg pain, cramping, and slow-healing sores.
What is PAD?
This sudden inflammation of the pancreas often presents with severe upper abdominal pain radiating to the back, elevated amylase and lipase levels, and is commonly caused by gallstones or chronic alcohol use.
What is acute pancreatitis?
stroke to which side of the brain can lead to symptoms like right-sided weakness or paralysis, difficulty with speech and language, and memory problems, often impacting the ability to understand or express language.
What is Left-sided stroke?
This condition, commonly caused by viral or bacterial infections, results in a sore throat, difficulty swallowing, and sometimes fever, and is often diagnosed through a throat culture or rapid strep test.
What is Pharyngitis?
This disease results from a pituitary tumor causing excessive ACTH, leading to high cortisol levels and symptoms like moon face and buffalo hump.
What is Cushing's Disease?
This life-threatening situation in which the blood pressure rises higher than 180/120 mm Hg & there is indication of target organ damage. Symptoms may include severe headache, blurred vision, seizures, nausea, and change in level of consciousness.
What is a hypertension crisis?
These swollen veins in the lower esophagus, often caused by portal hypertension from liver cirrhosis, can rupture and lead to life-threatening upper gastrointestinal bleeding.
What are esophageal varices?
This inherited neurodegenerative disorder is caused by a mutation in the HTT gene and leads to progressive motor dysfunction, psychiatric symptoms, and cognitive decline, often beginning in mid-adulthood.
What is Huntington’s disease?
This cancer presents as a persistent sore throat, difficulty swallowing, hoarseness, and a lump in the neck, often accompanied by unexplained weight loss.
What is throat cancer?
This rare disorder of the adrenal glands causes fatigue, low blood pressure, weight loss, and skin hyperpigmentation due to insufficient cortisol and aldosterone production
What is Addison's Disease?
This condition causes episodic narrowing of blood vessels, usually in the fingers and toes, leading to color changes, coldness, and numbness, often triggered by cold or stress.
What is Raynaud's disease?
This deadly cancer often presents late with vague symptoms such as jaundice, unexplained weight loss, abdominal or back pain, loss of appetite, and sometimes new-onset diabetes.
What is pancreatic cancer?
This autoimmune disease causes weakness in the voluntary muscles, particularly affecting the eyes, face, and swallowing, due to the body’s antibodies blocking acetylcholine receptors at the neuromuscular junction.
What is myasthenia gravis?