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{{Diphtheria}}
{{Diphtheria}}
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==Overview==
==Overview==
==Physical Examination==
==Physical Examination==
===Vitals===
{| class="wikitable" style="border: 2; background: none;"
====Pulse====
! colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="border: 1; background: 1;"| Organ System
 
! colspan="1" rowspan="1"| Findings
*[[Tachycardia]] may be present
|-
 
! rowspan="1" style="border: 1; background: none;"| General Appearance
====Blood Pressure====
| Ill-appearing
* [[Low blood pressure]] may be present
|-
===Throat===
! rowspan="3" style="border: 1; background: none;"| Vital Signs
* The pseudomembrane is firm, fleshy, grey, and adherent, and it will bleed after attempts to remove or dislodge it.
| [[Fever]]
 
|-
===Neck===
| [[Tachycardia]]  
* Cervical [[lymphadenopathy]] and soft-tissue swelling in the neck give rise to a “bull-neck” appearance.
|-
===Lung===
| [[Tachypnea]]
* [[Stridor]]
|-
 
! rowspan="2" style="border: 1; background: none;"| Skin
===Neurologic===
| none
*[[Peripheral neuropathy]]
|-
 
| [[Skin lesions]]<br> [[Ulceration]]
==Gallery==
|-
 
! rowspan="6" style="border: 1; background: none;"| Eyes
| [[Eye redness]]
 
|-
<gallery>
| Increased [[intraocular pressure]]
 
|-
| Decreased [[intraocular pressure]]  
 
|-
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| "Snowbanking" on [[dilated fundus exam]]
 
|-
| Mutton Fat keratic precipitates
 
|-
</gallery>
| [[Optic disc]] edema
|-
! rowspan="1" style="border: 1; background: none;"| Ears
| [[Tinnitus]]
|-
! rowspan="1" style="border: 1; background: none;"| Neck
| Neck stiffness
|-
! rowspan="2" style="border: 1; background: none;"| Lungs
| [[Cough]]  
|-
| [[Hemoptysis]]
|-
! rowspan="2" style="border: 1; background: none;"| Heart
| [[Arrhythmia]]  
|-
| [[Murmur]]
|-
! rowspan="3" style="border: 1; background: none;"| Abdomen
| Abdominal Tenderness |
|-
| Palpable abdominal mass
|-
| [[Hematochezia]] on [[rectal exam]]  
|-
! rowspan="2" style="border: 1; background: none;"| Back
| Tenderness over lumbosacaral spine
|-
| Decreased range of motion of spine
|-
! rowspan="3" style="border: 1; background: none;"| Genitourinary
| [[Genital ulcer|Genital ulceration]]
|-
| [[Genital warts]]
|-
| Genital vesicular lesions
|-
! rowspan="1" style="border: 1; background: none;"| Extremities
| [[Arthritis|Joint stiffness and swelling]]  
|-
! rowspan="3" style="border: 1; background: none;"| Neurological
| [[Parasthesia]]
|-
| Gait abnormalities/[[Ataxia]]
|-
| [[Cranial nerve]] abnormalities
|-
|}




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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Dima Nimri, M.D. [2]

Overview

Physical Examination

Organ System Findings
General Appearance Ill-appearing
Vital Signs Fever
Tachycardia
Tachypnea
Skin none
Skin lesions
Ulceration
Eyes Eye redness
Increased intraocular pressure
Decreased intraocular pressure
"Snowbanking" on dilated fundus exam
Mutton Fat keratic precipitates
Optic disc edema
Ears Tinnitus
Neck Neck stiffness
Lungs Cough
Hemoptysis
Heart Arrhythmia
Murmur
Abdomen
Palpable abdominal mass
Hematochezia on rectal exam
Back Tenderness over lumbosacaral spine
Decreased range of motion of spine
Genitourinary Genital ulceration
Genital warts
Genital vesicular lesions
Extremities Joint stiffness and swelling
Neurological Parasthesia
Gait abnormalities/Ataxia
Cranial nerve abnormalities


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