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Common physical examination findings of schistosomiasis include generalized lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly, rash, fever, right upper quadrant tenderness, urticaria, bloody stool. | Common physical examination findings of schistosomiasis include generalized lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly, rash, fever, right upper quadrant tenderness, urticaria, bloody stool. | ||
==Physical examination== | ==Physical examination== | ||
Common physical examination findings of schistosomiasis include generalized lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly, rash, fever, right upper quadrant tenderness, urticaria, bloody stool. | Common physical examination findings of schistosomiasis include generalized [[lymphadenopathy]], [[hepatosplenomegaly]], [[rash]], [[fever]], [[right upper quadrant tenderness]], [[urticaria]], [[bloody stool]].<ref name="pmid19365537">{{cite journal |vauthors=Levy L, Nasereddin A, Rav-Acha M, Kedmi M, Rund D, Gatt ME |title=Prolonged fever, hepatosplenomegaly, and pancytopenia in a 46-year-old woman |journal=PLoS Med. |volume=6 |issue=4 |pages=e1000053 |year=2009 |pmid=19365537 |pmc=2661247 |doi=10.1371/journal.pmed.1000053 |url=}}</ref> | ||
====Appearance of the Patient==== | ====Appearance of the Patient==== | ||
Patients withg schistosomiasis usually appear tired. | Patients withg schistosomiasis usually appear tired. | ||
Revision as of 20:58, 10 August 2017
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Jesus Rosario Hernandez, M.D. [2]
Overview
Common physical examination findings of schistosomiasis include generalized lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly, rash, fever, right upper quadrant tenderness, urticaria, bloody stool.
Physical examination
Common physical examination findings of schistosomiasis include generalized lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly, rash, fever, right upper quadrant tenderness, urticaria, bloody stool.[1]
Appearance of the Patient
Patients withg schistosomiasis usually appear tired.
Vital Signs
- High-grade / low-grade fever.
- Tachycardia with a regular pulse.
- Tachypnea
- High blood pressure
Skin
Neck
- Cervical lymphadenopathy
- Jugular venous distension in cases of cor pulmanale.
Lungs
- Normal vesicular breathe sounds.
- Ocassional wheezeing
Heart
- Normal S1, S2
- Signs of right hear failure in cases cor-pulmonale
Abdomen
- Right upper quadrant tenderness
- Abdominal distention
- Hepatosplenomegaly
- Distended abdominal veins
- Ascites
Genitourinary
- Genital ulcers
- Hypertrophic lesions or nodular lesions of the cervix, vulva, or vagina
- Vesicovaginal fistula.
- Uterine enlargement
- Pelvic pain
- Dysuria
Neuromuscular
- Joint tenderness
- Sensory/motor abnormalities
Extremities
Gallery
Skin
Trunk
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References
- ↑ Levy L, Nasereddin A, Rav-Acha M, Kedmi M, Rund D, Gatt ME (2009). "Prolonged fever, hepatosplenomegaly, and pancytopenia in a 46-year-old woman". PLoS Med. 6 (4): e1000053. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000053. PMC 2661247. PMID 19365537.