DHYG GEN PATH FINAL ACTUAL EXAM

DHYG GEN PATH FINAL (ACTUAL / ) EXAM

QUESTIONS AND 100% VERIFIED ANSWERS

Paget's disease appearance/symptoms ▪ thick skull ▪ deafness ▪ kyphosis ▪ pain ▪ bowlegs

Osteoarthritis

• osteoarthritis (degenerative joint disease)

▪ most common joint disease

▪ two forms:

• primary cause unknown
• secondary develops under stress on joints

Osteoarthritis clinical features

● pain 1 / 4

● crepitus ( degeneration of cartilage) ● swelling and warmth- periarticular inflammation ● joint deformation ● loss of normal mobility

Rheumatoid arthritis

• very common disease, affecting 1% of the world's population
• adults 40-70 years old

Rheumatoid arthritis signs and symptoms

▪ symmetric polyarthritis ▪ RA subcutaneous nodules ▪ Raynaud phenomenon

• numbness
• pallor

▪ ulnar devia

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Gout

• a group of diseases characterized by hyperuricemia and the

deposition of uric acid crystals in various tissues, primarily joints, subcutaneous tissue, and kidneys

Two groups:

▪ primary (idiopathic)

• metabolic gout

• renal gout

▪ secondary

• related to another disease or identifiable cause of

hyperproduction of uric acid

Gout - Acute clinical features ● swollen joints ● hyperemic ● warm, and pa

● systematic symptoms:

• fever
• leukocytosis
• tachycardia
• general exhaustion

Gout - Chronic clinical features ● more bone deformities ● tophi- painless subcutaneous deposits of uric acid ● hypertension

neurogenic atrophy A form of muscle cell atrophy caused by injury to the nerves.

Classified as either

(1) upper motor neuron or (2) lower motor neuron.

Myasthenia gravis

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