Question

Select seven (7) features that are associated with interstitial pneumonia. Answers A-N А Dull percussion note may be detected over affected regions B Effusion initially confined inside the airways C Always painful on inspiration and expiration in the absence of empyema D Common etiology is Streptococcus pneumoniae E Dry cough with only scant sputum FHyperresonant percussion may be detected over affected regions G Synonym is "walking pneumonia" Unanum in hienlonmanin

Answer 1

ANSWER:

FEATURES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA:

A.DULL PERCUSSION NOTE MAY BE DETECTED OVER AFFECTED REGIONS.

EXPLANATION: IT INVOLVES THE ALVEOLI OR THE AIR SACS OF THE LUNGS WHICH BECOMES INFLAMMED AND THERE IS DULL PERCUSSION NOTE.

B.EFFUSION INITIALLY CONFINED INSIDE THE AIRWAYS.

EXPLANATION:AIRWAYS ARE FILLED BY THE INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE.

C.ALWAYS PAINFUL ON INSPIRATION AND EXPIRATION IN THE ABSENCE OF EMPYEMA.

EXPLANATION:IN EMPYEMA THERE IS STABBING TYPE OF CHEST PAIN .EVEN IN ITS ABSENCE THERE MAY BE PAIN DURING INSPIRATION AND EXPIRATION.

D.COMMON ETIOLOGY IS STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE.

EXPLANATION: COMMON CAUSE IS MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE

E.DRY COUGH WITH PHLEGM OR MUCUS.

F.HYPERERESONANT PERCUSSION MAY BE DETECTED OVER AFFECTED REGIONS

EXPLANATION: DUE TO INFLAMMATION WITHIN THE AIR SACS THERE IS ONLY DULL PERCUSSION NOTE.HYPERRESONANT PERCUSSION IS NOTED IN EMPHYSEMA ,PNEUMOTHORAX.

G.SYNONYM IS WALKING PNEUMONIA.

EXPLANATION:WALKING PNEUMONIA REFERS TO THE MILD FORM OF PNEUMONIA WITH MILD SYMPTOMS .IT IS ALSO CALLED AS ATYPICAL PNEUMONIA CAUSED BY THE BACTERIA MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE.

H.SYNONYM IS ATYPICAL PNEUMONIA:

EXPLANATION:WALKING PNEUMONIA IS ALSO CALLED AS ATYPICAL PNEUMNIA WHICH IS A MILD FORM OF PNEUMONIA.

I.SUDDEN ONSET OF FEVER, MALAISE, COUGH, CHILLS AND HIGH FEVER.

EXPLANATION:TYPICAL SYMPTOMS INCLUDE PROGRESSIVE SHORTNESS OF BREATH, AND COUGH.

J.PRODUCTIVE COUGH WITH YELLOW OR GREEN RUSTY SPUTUM

EXPLANATION: DRY COUGH WITH SCANTY SPUTUM.

K.EFFUSION SPECIFICALLY CONFINED OUTSIDE OF THE AIRWAYS.

EXPLANATION: EFFUSION SPECIFICALLY CONFINED INSIDE THE AIRWAYS.

L.COMMON ETIOLOGY IS MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE.

M.SYNONYM IS TYPICAL PNEUMONIA

EXPLANATION: TYPICAL PNEUMONIA APPEAR AS LOBAR PNEUMONIA AND ATYPICAL PNEUMONIA TENDS TO APPEAR AS INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA .

N.MILD PNEUMONIA SYMPTOMS DEVELOP GRADUALLY AFTER A FEW DAYS AFTER A COOMON URTI.

EXPLANATION:MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE WHICH CAUSES ATYPICAL PNEUMONIA AFTER A GRADUAL PROGRESSION OF MILD UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION.

HENCE THE ANSWERS ARE : A,B,C.E.H,L.N