225 Diarrhoea Patient 1 Instruction This patient has diarrhoea; would you like to ask him a few questions? Salient features History • Ask about the following: • Onset • Duration of diarrhoea • Frequency • Whether or not it is nocturnal • Blood (seen in ulcerative colitis, shigellosis, diverticulitis, carcinoma of the colon) and mucus in the stools; blood on the toilet paper • Nature of the stools (pale and bulky and difficult to flush away in steatorrhoea) • Associated pain in the abdomen • Appetite (increased in thyrotoxicosis) • Weight loss (marked in chronic diarrhoea) • Associated nausea and vomiting • Drug ingestion (including antibiotics and laxatives) • Foreign travel. Only gold members can continue reading. Log In or Register to continue Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Like this:Like Loading... Related Related posts: Permanent cardiac pacemaker/implantable cardioverter-defibrillator Cauda equina syndrome Dermatomyositis Dystrophia myotonica Stay updated, free articles. Join our Telegram channel Join Tags: 250 Cases in Clinical Medicine Dec 4, 2016 | Posted by admin in GENERAL & FAMILY MEDICINE | Comments Off on Diarrhoea Full access? Get Clinical Tree
225 Diarrhoea Patient 1 Instruction This patient has diarrhoea; would you like to ask him a few questions? Salient features History • Ask about the following: • Onset • Duration of diarrhoea • Frequency • Whether or not it is nocturnal • Blood (seen in ulcerative colitis, shigellosis, diverticulitis, carcinoma of the colon) and mucus in the stools; blood on the toilet paper • Nature of the stools (pale and bulky and difficult to flush away in steatorrhoea) • Associated pain in the abdomen • Appetite (increased in thyrotoxicosis) • Weight loss (marked in chronic diarrhoea) • Associated nausea and vomiting • Drug ingestion (including antibiotics and laxatives) • Foreign travel. Only gold members can continue reading. Log In or Register to continue Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Like this:Like Loading... Related Related posts: Permanent cardiac pacemaker/implantable cardioverter-defibrillator Cauda equina syndrome Dermatomyositis Dystrophia myotonica Stay updated, free articles. Join our Telegram channel Join Tags: 250 Cases in Clinical Medicine Dec 4, 2016 | Posted by admin in GENERAL & FAMILY MEDICINE | Comments Off on Diarrhoea Full access? Get Clinical Tree