Disease | Sign |
Addison's disease | Bronze-like skin |
Angina pectoris | Levine's sign (hand clutching of chest) |
Bulimia Nervosa | Chipmunk facies (parotid gland swelling) |
Cholecystitis | Murphy's sign (pain on deep inspiration when inflamed gallbladder is palpated) |
Cholera | Rice-watery stool |
Chronic hemorrhagic pancreatitis | Grey-Turner's sign (ecchymosis in flank area) |
Cushing syndrome | Moon face |
Diphtheria | Pseudomembrane on tonsils, pharynx and nasal cavity |
Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy | Gowers' sign |
Emphysema | Barrel chest |
Hyperthyroidism | Exophthalmos |
Hypocalcemia | Trousseau sign and Chvostek sign |
Kawasaki Disease | Strawberry tongue |
Liver cirrhosis | Spider angioma |
Leprosy | Leonine facies (thickened lion-like facial skin) |
Measles | Koplik's spots |
Meningitis | Kernig's sign and Brudzinski's sign |
Pancreatitis | Cullen's sign (bluish discoloration of umbilicus) |
Parkinson’s disease | Pill-rolling tremors |
Patent ductus arteriosus | Machine-like murmur |
Pernicious anemia | Red beefy tongue |
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus | Butterfly rash |
Tetanus | Risus sardonicus |
Typhoid fever | Rose spots in abdomen |
Friday, November 16, 2007
Diseases
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