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

Dementia is defined by a progressive decline of cognitive function (i.e.: forgetfulness, increase incompetence of doing daily tasks). Senile dementia is diagnosed when the cause of dementia is due to old age. Premature senile dementia is the cause of dementia that occur earlier and due to other etiologies.

Causes of premature senile dementia = DEEP SHIT

D = Deficiency B12

E = Epilepsy

E = Endocrine (myxoedema0

P = Parkinsonism

S = Syphilis (General Paresis of Insane – GPI)

H = Huntington’s disease

I = Injury to the head

T = Brain Tumor