Friday, June 13, 2025

Symptom and diagnosis



1. Symptom: Dry cough, progressive dyspnea

Pathology: Interstitial fibrosis leading to stiff lungs
Disease: Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis


2. Symptom: Productive cough with foul-smelling sputum

Pathology: Permanent dilatation of bronchi with pus accumulation
Disease: Bronchiectasis


3. Symptom: Sudden onset dyspnea, chest pain, hemoptysis

Pathology: Pulmonary artery obstruction by thrombus
Disease: Pulmonary Embolism


4. Symptom: Chronic cough with white sputum, wheezing

Pathology: Chronic inflammation and mucus hypersecretion in bronchi
Disease: Chronic Bronchitis (a type of COPD)


5. Symptom: Exertional dyspnea, wheeze, nocturnal cough

Pathology: Airway hyper-responsiveness with bronchoconstriction
Disease: Bronchial Asthma


6. Symptom: Sudden sharp chest pain, dyspnea, reduced breath sounds

Pathology: Air entry into pleural cavity causing lung collapse
Disease: Pneumothorax


7. Symptom: Fever, productive cough with rust-colored sputum

Pathology: Alveolar consolidation due to bacterial infection
Disease: Lobar Pneumonia (e.g., Streptococcus pneumoniae)


8. Symptom: Hemoptysis, weight loss, night sweats, chronic cough

Pathology: Caseating granulomatous inflammation in lungs
Disease: Pulmonary Tuberculosis


9. Symptom: Progressive exertional dyspnea, dry cough

Pathology: Sarcoid granulomas in lung interstitium
Disease: Pulmonary Sarcoidosis


10. Symptom: Persistent dry cough, hoarseness

Pathology: Recurrent laryngeal nerve involvement or bronchial tumor
Disease: Bronchogenic Carcinoma (Lung Cancer)


11. Symptom: Cough with mucopurulent sputum, fever, crackles

Pathology: Inflammatory infiltrate in alveoli and bronchioles
Disease: Bronchopneumonia


12. Symptom: Snoring, daytime sleepiness

Pathology: Upper airway obstruction during sleep
Disease: Obstructive Sleep Apnea


13. Symptom: Dyspnea, cyanosis, barrel chest

Pathology: Destruction of alveolar walls and loss of recoil
Disease: Emphysema (a type of COPD)


14. Symptom: Tachypnea, use of accessory muscles, hypoxia

Pathology: Inflammatory damage to alveolar-capillary membrane
Disease: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)


15. Symptom: Wheezing, digital clubbing, persistent cough in child

Pathology: Defective chloride channels causing thick mucus
Disease: Cystic Fibrosis


16. Symptom: Dry cough, weight loss, fatigue

Pathology: Metastatic cancerous lesions in lung parenchyma
Disease: Secondary Lung Cancer (Metastatic Lung Disease)


17. Symptom: Pleuritic chest pain, dyspnea, dull percussion

Pathology: Fluid accumulation in pleural space
Disease: Pleural Effusion


18. Symptom: Chronic productive cough, breathlessness

Pathology: Smoking-induced chronic airway and parenchymal damage
Disease: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)


19. Symptom: Recurrent cough, sinusitis, situs inversus

Pathology: Defective ciliary motility
Disease: Kartagener's Syndrome


20. Symptom: Cyanosis, clubbing, failure to thrive in infants

Pathology: Right-to-left cardiac shunt causing hypoxemia
Disease: Congenital Cyanotic Heart Disease (e.g., Tetralogy of Fallot with pulmonary effects)



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