Health Awareness blog

Trigger factors of bronchial asthma = DIE

D = Drugs (beta blockers)

I  = Infections

E = Emotion, Exercise, External allergens

Features of status asthmaticus  = 3SPEACHD

S = Silent chest, Sweating, Speechless (inability to speak in full sentences)

P = Pulsus paradoxicus

E = Exhaustion and anxiety

A = Accessory muscle usage in respiration

C = Cyanosis (bluish discoloration of lips and nails)

H = Hypoxaemia, High pulse rate (tachycardia), Hypercapnia (pt presented with drowsiness)

D = Dehydrated

Related:

• Musical sounds of wheeze

Multiple sclerosis is a chronic inflammatory, autoimmune disorder of the central nervous system. It is a relapsing / remitting disorder in which there are multiple areas of demyelination within the brain and the spinal cord.

Features of multiple sclerosis = CURSED HIV

C = Cerebellar signs

U = Upper Motor Neuron Lesion (UMNL)

R = Retrobulbar neuritis

S = Spastic paresis

E = Euphoria

D = Dementia / Depression / Diplopia (double vision)

H = Horner’s syndrome

I = Incontinence

V = Vertigo / Vomiting

Related topic:

• Systemic sclerosis (scleroderma)