Symptoms and spot diagnosis of some common clinical conditions
1. Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Symptoms: Persistent cough for more than 2 weeks, weight loss, night sweats, low-grade evening fever, hemoptysis (blood in sputum).
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Suspect TB in any chronic cough with systemic wasting and evening fever.
2. Typhoid Fever
Symptoms: Gradual rising (step-ladder) fever, coated tongue, abdominal discomfort, constipation or diarrhea, rose spots (faint red skin rashes on abdomen), relative bradycardia (slow pulse despite fever).
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Typhoid suspected in step-ladder fever with relative bradycardia and abdominal symptoms.
3. Dengue Fever
Symptoms: Sudden high-grade fever, retro-orbital pain (pain behind eyes), severe muscle pain (“breakbone fever”), rash, bleeding gums, petechiae (small red spots), low platelet count.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Think dengue with high fever, muscle pain, rash, and thrombocytopenia.
4. Malaria (Vivax/Falciparum)
Symptoms: Intermittent fever with chills and rigors, headache, vomiting, splenomegaly (enlarged spleen), jaundice (yellow eyes/skin in falciparum).
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Classic chills-fever-sweating cycle + travel to endemic area = Malaria.
5. Leptospirosis
Symptoms: High fever, muscle tenderness (especially calves), jaundice, red conjunctiva (red eyes without discharge), headache, kidney dysfunction (reduced urine).
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Suspect leptospirosis in fever with calf pain, red eyes, and jaundice.
6. COVID-19 (Moderate to Severe)
Symptoms: Fever, dry cough, breathlessness, loss of smell and taste, fatigue, low oxygen saturation, bilateral pneumonia (on chest X-ray).
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Fever + anosmia (loss of smell) + breathlessness = suspect COVID.
7. Chikungunya
Symptoms: High fever, severe joint pain (esp. wrists, fingers, ankles), rash, fatigue, headache, conjunctivitis.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Fever with disabling joint pain and rash = Chikungunya.
8. Enteric Fever (Paratyphoid)
Symptoms: Similar to typhoid but milder – low to moderate fever, malaise (general tiredness), abdominal discomfort, relative bradycardia.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Paratyphoid if milder typhoid-like picture with gradual fever.
9. Acute Viral Hepatitis A/E
Symptoms: Sudden-onset jaundice, fever, nausea, anorexia (loss of appetite), dark urine, clay-colored stool.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Suspect hepatitis in young with fever and sudden jaundice.
10. Chronic Hepatitis B/C
Symptoms: Fatigue, low-grade jaundice, right upper quadrant pain, hepatomegaly (liver enlargement), elevated liver enzymes.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Think Hepatitis B/C in chronic liver dysfunction with viral risk factors.
11. Acute Appendicitis
Symptoms: Abdominal pain starting in umbilicus then shifting to right lower abdomen (McBurney's point), fever, nausea, rebound tenderness.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Suspect appendicitis in periumbilical pain migrating to right iliac fossa with fever.
12. Acute Pancreatitis
Symptoms: Severe epigastric pain radiating to the back, vomiting, fever, history of alcohol or gallstones, raised amylase/lipase.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Sudden epigastric pain with vomiting in alcoholic = pancreatitis.
13. GERD (Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease)
Symptoms: Burning chest pain (heartburn), worsens after meals or lying down, sour taste in mouth, regurgitation.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Classic post-meal heartburn and sour belching = GERD.
14. Peptic Ulcer Disease
Symptoms: Epigastric pain relieved by food (duodenal) or worsened by food (gastric), bloating, nausea, melena (black tarry stools).
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Ulcer suspected in periodic epigastric pain with food relation.
15. Acute Gastroenteritis
Symptoms: Sudden onset diarrhea, vomiting, abdominal cramps, fever, dehydration signs (dry tongue, low BP).
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Diarrhea + vomiting in clusters = acute gastroenteritis.
16. Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
Symptoms: Recurrent abdominal pain relieved by defecation, altered bowel habits (diarrhea or constipation), bloating, no alarm signs.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Think IBS in chronic abdominal discomfort with relief after stools.
17. Ulcerative Colitis
Symptoms: Bloody diarrhea, abdominal cramps, urgency, tenesmus (feeling of incomplete defecation), weight loss.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Persistent bloody diarrhea with cramps = Ulcerative colitis.
18. Crohn's Disease
Symptoms: Chronic diarrhea, weight loss, abdominal pain, perianal fistula, growth retardation (in children).
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Patchy GI involvement + perianal disease = Crohn’s.
19. Iron Deficiency Anemia
Symptoms: Fatigue, pallor (pale skin), pica (eating non-food items), koilonychia (spoon nails), palpitations.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Microcytic anemia with fatigue = Iron deficiency.
20. Vitamin B12 Deficiency
Symptoms: Fatigue, glossitis (smooth red tongue), paresthesias (tingling), ataxia (imbalance), megaloblastic anemia.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Anemia + neurologic signs = B12 deficiency.
21. Rheumatic Heart Disease
Symptoms: History of sore throat, migratory joint pain (arthritis), murmur, fever, carditis (heart inflammation).
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Post-strep joint pain + murmur = suspect RHD.
22. Ischemic Heart Disease (Angina/MI)
Symptoms: Chest pain radiating to arm or jaw, sweating, breathlessness, nausea, especially on exertion.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Classic exertional chest pain = ischemia; sudden severe pain = MI.
23. Hypertension
Symptoms: Often asymptomatic; may have headache, giddiness, vision changes, nosebleeds.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Elevated BP on 2–3 occasions = Hypertension.
24. Stroke (CVA)
Symptoms: Sudden one-sided weakness or paralysis, slurred speech, facial droop, altered consciousness.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Acute neurologic deficit = Stroke until ruled out.
25. Epilepsy
Symptoms: Recurrent seizures (involuntary jerking), tongue bite, incontinence, postictal confusion (drowsiness after seizure).
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Repeated unprovoked seizures = Epilepsy.
26. Parkinson’s Disease
Symptoms: Resting tremor, rigidity, bradykinesia (slow movement), shuffling gait, mask-like face.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Triad of tremor, rigidity, bradykinesia = Parkinson’s.
27. Migraine
Symptoms: Recurrent one-sided pulsating headache, photophobia (light sensitivity), nausea, aura (flashing lights).
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Headache with aura and light sensitivity = Migraine.
28. Tension Headache
Symptoms: Band-like headache around forehead, mild-moderate, no nausea or photophobia, stress-related.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Stress-induced dull bilateral headache = Tension headache.
29. Otitis Media (Acute)
Symptoms: Ear pain, fever, hearing loss, ear discharge (if perforated), irritability (in children).
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Ear pain + fever in a child = Acute otitis media.
30. Pharyngitis (Bacterial)
Symptoms: Sore throat, fever, painful swallowing, red/swollen tonsils with exudates, no cough.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Sore throat + fever + no cough = Bacterial pharyngitis.
31. Pneumonia (Community-Acquired)
Symptoms: High fever, productive cough with rusty sputum, pleuritic chest pain (sharp pain on deep breathing), breathlessness, crepitations on chest exam.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Fever + cough + crepitations + chest pain = Pneumonia.
32. Bronchial Asthma
Symptoms: Recurrent wheezing (whistling breath sounds), breathlessness, chest tightness, worse at night or early morning, responds to bronchodilators.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Recurrent wheezing episodes with reversibility = Asthma.
33. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Symptoms: Chronic cough with sputum (>3 months/year for 2 years), progressive breathlessness, wheezing, barrel-shaped chest.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Long-term smoker with cough and dyspnea = COPD.
34. Allergic Rhinitis
Symptoms: Sneezing, nasal itching, watery nasal discharge (rhinorrhea), nasal congestion, allergic shiners (dark circles), associated asthma or eczema.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Recurrent sneezing with watery discharge = Allergic rhinitis.
35. Scabies
Symptoms: Severe itching worse at night, papular rash in finger webs, wrists, genital area, burrows visible.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Nighttime itching + burrows = Scabies.
36. Tinea Corporis (Ringworm)
Symptoms: Circular, red, itchy, scaly lesions with central clearing and raised borders, commonly on body folds.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Ring-shaped itchy lesion = Tinea corporis.
37. Vitiligo
Symptoms: White depigmented patches with well-defined borders, symmetrical, no scaling or itching.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Symmetrical depigmented patches = Vitiligo.
38. Psoriasis
Symptoms: Red plaques with silvery-white scales, extensor surfaces (elbows, knees), Auspitz sign (pinpoint bleeding when scales removed), nail pitting.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Silvery scaling on elbows/knees = Psoriasis.
39. Atopic Dermatitis (Eczema)
Symptoms: Itchy rash, especially in flexures (behind knees, elbows), dry skin, family history of allergies.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Itchy flexural dermatitis in child = Atopic dermatitis.
40. Chickenpox (Varicella)
Symptoms: Fever followed by itchy vesicular rash in crops (different stages), trunk > limbs, vesicles on erythematous base (“dew drop on rose petal”).
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Itchy rash in crops + fever = Chickenpox.
41. Measles
Symptoms: High fever, cough, coryza (runny nose), conjunctivitis, Koplik spots (white spots inside cheeks), maculopapular rash starting behind ears and spreading down.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Fever + cough + rash + Koplik spots = Measles.
42. Mumps
Symptoms: Painful swelling of parotid gland (below ear), fever, difficulty opening mouth, may have orchitis (testicular pain) or pancreatitis.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Parotid swelling with fever = Mumps.
43. Rubella (German Measles)
Symptoms: Low-grade fever, postauricular lymphadenopathy (swollen nodes behind ear), fine pink rash starting on face and spreading down.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Mild fever + rash + lymphadenopathy = Rubella.
44. Typhus (Scrub Typhus)
Symptoms: Fever, eschar (black scab at bite site), lymphadenopathy, rash, delirium, hepatosplenomegaly.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Fever + black eschar in endemic area = Scrub typhus.
45. Kala-Azar (Visceral Leishmaniasis)
Symptoms: Chronic fever, weight loss, massive splenomegaly, darkening of skin, anemia.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Prolonged fever + splenomegaly + blackish skin = Kala-azar.
46. Rheumatoid Arthritis
Symptoms: Morning stiffness (>1 hour), symmetrical joint swelling (esp. small joints), deformities (swan neck, boutonnière), fatigue.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Symmetrical joint pain with morning stiffness = RA.
47. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)
Symptoms: Butterfly rash on face, photosensitivity, joint pain, oral ulcers, nephritis, anemia, fatigue.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Young female with rash + joint pain + renal signs = SLE.
48. Hypothyroidism
Symptoms: Fatigue, weight gain, cold intolerance, constipation, dry skin, hair loss, slow reflexes, bradycardia.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Lethargy + weight gain + dry skin = Hypothyroidism.
49. Hyperthyroidism
Symptoms: Weight loss, heat intolerance, tremors, palpitations, goiter (neck swelling), exophthalmos (bulging eyes), irritability.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Weight loss + heat intolerance + bulging eyes = Hyperthyroidism.
50. Diabetes Mellitus (Type 2)
Symptoms: Polyuria (frequent urination), polydipsia (excess thirst), polyphagia (excess hunger), weight loss, non-healing wounds, blurred vision.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Classic triad (polyuria, polydipsia, polyphagia) = Diabetes.
Certainly, Dr. Jayaram. Here's the continuation: diseases 51 to 100, following the same clinically efficient format:
- Symptoms first
- Bracketed explanation of medical terms
- Then spot diagnosis
51. Gout
Symptoms: Sudden onset of severe joint pain, usually in big toe (podagra), redness, swelling, tenderness, worsens at night.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: First metatarsophalangeal joint pain with swelling = Gout.
52. Osteoarthritis
Symptoms: Joint pain worsens with activity, relieved by rest, morning stiffness <30 min, crepitus (grating sound), bony swelling (Heberden's and Bouchard's nodes).
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Elderly with activity-related knee/hand pain = Osteoarthritis.
53. Ankylosing Spondylitis
Symptoms: Chronic low back pain in young males, morning stiffness >30 min, improves with exercise, reduced spine mobility, sacroiliac tenderness.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Young male with inflammatory back pain = Ankylosing spondylitis.
54. Lumbosacral Disc Prolapse
Symptoms: Low back pain radiating to leg (sciatica), numbness, tingling, positive straight leg raise test, may have foot drop.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Back pain radiating below knee = Disc herniation.
55. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Symptoms: Numbness, tingling in thumb, index, and middle fingers; worse at night, positive Tinel’s and Phalen’s test.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Hand tingling in distribution of median nerve = Carpal tunnel.
56. Bell’s Palsy
Symptoms: Sudden onset of one-sided facial weakness, unable to close eye, drooping mouth, no forehead sparing (LMN type).
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Acute unilateral facial droop involving forehead = Bell's palsy.
57. Trigeminal Neuralgia
Symptoms: Recurrent sharp, electric-shock-like facial pain, triggered by touch or wind, usually unilateral.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Sudden facial pain on mild stimulation = Trigeminal neuralgia.
58. Herpes Zoster (Shingles)
Symptoms: Burning pain followed by grouped vesicular rash along a single dermatome, unilateral.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Dermatomal pain + vesicles = Herpes zoster.
59. Urinary Tract Infection (UTI)
Symptoms: Burning urination (dysuria), increased frequency, urgency, suprapubic pain, cloudy urine, fever in pyelonephritis.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Dysuria + frequency + suprapubic discomfort = UTI.
60. Nephrotic Syndrome
Symptoms: Generalized swelling (anasarca), frothy urine (proteinuria), facial puffiness, especially morning, low albumin.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Edema + proteinuria = Nephrotic syndrome.
61. Acute Glomerulonephritis (Post-streptococcal)
Symptoms: Hematuria (cola-colored urine), edema, hypertension, recent sore throat, oliguria (reduced urine).
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Recent throat infection + cola-colored urine = PSGN.
62. Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH)
Symptoms: Difficulty urinating, weak stream, nocturia (frequent urination at night), hesitancy, incomplete emptying.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Elderly male with obstructive urinary symptoms = BPH.
63. Renal Calculi (Kidney Stone)
Symptoms: Severe flank pain radiating to groin, hematuria, nausea, restlessness, pain comes in waves.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Colicky flank pain + hematuria = Urolithiasis.
64. Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)
Symptoms: Irregular periods, hirsutism (excess facial hair), acne, obesity, infertility, polycystic ovaries on ultrasound.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Irregular cycles + hirsutism + obesity = PCOS.
65. Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)
Symptoms: Lower abdominal pain, fever, abnormal vaginal discharge, dyspareunia (pain during intercourse), cervical motion tenderness.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Young female with pelvic pain + fever + discharge = PID.
66. Ectopic Pregnancy
Symptoms: Lower abdominal pain, missed period, vaginal spotting, shoulder tip pain (from internal bleeding), positive pregnancy test.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Missed period + pain + bleeding = Rule out ectopic pregnancy.
67. Dysmenorrhea (Primary)
Symptoms: Crampy lower abdominal pain before/during menstruation, normal pelvic exam, no other pathology.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Menstrual pain without pelvic abnormality = Primary dysmenorrhea.
68. Endometriosis
Symptoms: Severe dysmenorrhea, dyspareunia, infertility, chronic pelvic pain, tenderness on pelvic exam.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Severe cycle-related pain + infertility = Endometriosis.
69. Fibroid Uterus
Symptoms: Heavy menstrual bleeding (menorrhagia), pelvic pressure, mass per abdomen, infertility.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Menorrhagia with palpable pelvic mass = Fibroid uterus.
70. Cervical Cancer
Symptoms: Post-coital bleeding, foul-smelling vaginal discharge, pelvic pain, weight loss, irregular bleeding.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Post-coital bleeding in middle-aged woman = Suspect cervical cancer.
71. Breast Cancer
Symptoms: Painless hard lump in breast, skin dimpling, nipple retraction, blood-stained nipple discharge, axillary lymph nodes.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Breast lump with skin/nipple changes = Suspect breast cancer.
72. Benign Breast Disease (Fibroadenoma)
Symptoms: Mobile, firm, painless breast lump, usually in young women, no skin/nipple changes.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Mobile, non-tender breast lump in young female = Fibroadenoma.
73. Tetanus
Symptoms: Trismus (lockjaw), muscle rigidity, painful spasms, risus sardonicus (grimace-like smile), history of wound.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Jaw stiffness after injury = Tetanus.
74. Rabies
Symptoms: Hydrophobia (fear of water), aerophobia (fear of air), confusion, spasms, hypersalivation, recent dog bite.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Fear of water after dog bite = Rabies.
75. Kala Pani (Chronic Arsenic Poisoning)
Symptoms: Hyperpigmentation ("raindrop" pattern), hyperkeratosis of palms/soles, skin cancers, Mees’ lines on nails.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Skin pigment + keratosis in endemic areas = Arsenicosis.
76. Filariasis
Symptoms: Recurrent fever with swelling of limbs/scrotum, lymphedema, elephantiasis, endemic regions.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Leg/genital swelling with fever in endemic area = Filariasis.
77. Ascariasis (Roundworm)
Symptoms: Abdominal pain, malnutrition, passage of worms in stool/vomitus, intestinal obstruction in children.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Child with worms in stool + GI symptoms = Ascariasis.
78. Hookworm Infestation
Symptoms: Iron deficiency anemia, fatigue, pallor, pica, abdominal pain, eosinophilia.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Anemia + barefoot history = Hookworm.
79. Hydatid Disease
Symptoms: Hepatomegaly, cystic liver lesions, history of contact with dogs, may rupture causing anaphylaxis.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Liver cyst + dog exposure = Hydatid disease.
80. Neurocysticercosis
Symptoms: Seizures, headache, hydrocephalus signs, ring-enhancing lesions on brain imaging, pork consumption history.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Seizures + ring lesion + pork intake = Neurocysticercosis.
81. Toxoplasmosis
Symptoms: In immunocompetent – mild flu. In immunocompromised – seizures, CNS lesions, chorioretinitis.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: AIDS + ring lesions in brain = Toxoplasmosis.
82. Giardiasis
Symptoms: Chronic foul-smelling diarrhea, bloating, flatulence, weight loss, seen in children.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Frothy, greasy diarrhea in child = Giardia.
83. Amoebiasis
Symptoms: Dysentery (bloody-mucoid stool), abdominal pain, liver abscess (fever + RUQ pain), anchovy sauce pus.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Bloody stools + liver tenderness = Amoebiasis.
84. Typhlitis (Neutropenic Enterocolitis)
Symptoms: Fever, right lower quadrant pain, diarrhea in immunosuppressed or chemotherapy patients.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: RLQ pain + fever in neutropenia = Typhlitis.
85. Hemorrhoids (Piles)
Symptoms: Painless rectal bleeding with stool, pruritus ani (anal itching), protruding mass per anus.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Bright red bleeding post-defecation = Hemorrhoids.
86. Anal Fissure
Symptoms: Sharp pain during defecation, bleeding streak on stool, spasm of anal sphincter.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Painful defecation + blood on wiping = Anal fissure.
87. Pilonidal Sinus
Symptoms: Swelling with pus or blood discharge near natal cleft (top of buttocks), recurrent abscesses.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Discharging sinus at tailbone = Pilonidal sinus.
88. Thalassemia Major
Symptoms: Severe anemia in early childhood, bone deformities, hepatosplenomegaly, transfusion dependence.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Anemic child + marrow expansion signs = Thalassemia.
89. Hemophilia A
Symptoms: Spontaneous bleeding into joints (hemarthrosis), prolonged bleeding, family history, normal platelets.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Recurrent joint bleeds in male child = Hemophilia A.
90. ITP (Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura)
Symptoms: Petechiae, purpura, bleeding gums, low platelets, usually post-viral in children.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Sudden bleeding spots in healthy child = ITP.
91. Leukemia (ALL/AML)
Symptoms: Fatigue, pallor, frequent infections, bleeding gums, bone pain, hepatosplenomegaly, blasts on smear.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Child with pallor + bone pain + blasts = Leukemia.
92. Multiple Myeloma
Symptoms: Bone pain (especially back), anemia, renal failure, hypercalcemia, recurrent infections.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Elderly with bone pain + anemia + renal issues = Myeloma.
93. Pheochromocytoma
Symptoms: Episodic headache, palpitations, sweating, hypertension.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Paroxysmal hypertension + triad = Pheochromocytoma.
94. Addison’s Disease
Symptoms: Fatigue, hyperpigmentation (especially knuckles, gums), hypotension, hyponatremia, vomiting.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Darkened skin + hypotension = Addison’s.
95. Cushing’s Syndrome
Symptoms: Moon face, central obesity, purple striae, buffalo hump, hypertension, osteoporosis.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Truncal obesity + striae + HTN = Cushing’s.
96. Hyperparathyroidism
Symptoms: Bone pain, kidney stones, abdominal pain, psychiatric disturbances (“bones, stones, groans, moans”).
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Hypercalcemia + bone/kidney issues = Hyperparathyroidism.
97. Rickets (Nutritional)
Symptoms: Bowing of legs, delayed milestones, widened wrists, rachitic rosary, frontal bossing.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Child with bowed legs + delayed walking = Rickets.
98. Scurvy (Vitamin C Deficiency)
Symptoms: Bleeding gums, petechiae, joint pain, poor wound healing, irritability in children.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Bleeding gums + malnourishment = Scurvy.
99. Beriberi (Vitamin B1 Deficiency)
Symptoms: Wet: heart failure, edema. Dry: neuropathy, foot drop, muscle wasting.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Edema + heart failure in poor nutrition = Beriberi.
100. Night Blindness (Vitamin A Deficiency)
Symptoms: Difficulty seeing in dim light, dry conjunctiva, Bitot’s spots, keratomalacia in severe cases.
🩺 Spot Diagnosis: Child with poor night vision + dry eyes = Vitamin A deficiency.
