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13Bronchial Asthmaدمہ
Recurrent cough, breathlessness and wheeze, worse at night and with seasonal variation. Managed stepwise: counselling, basic drugs, then inhalers and specialist referral.
COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)سی او پی ڈی
Chronic cough, breathlessness and wheeze in a chain smoker or passive smoker, with rhonchi on the chest. Treated with a steroid taper, a PPI, antibiotics when indicated, expectorants and nebulization.
Enteric Fever (Typhoid)ٹائیفائیڈ بخار
Gradual-onset, step-ladder, continuous fever with non-focal features. Blood culture is the gold standard; Typhidot and Widal have no role per the book.
Headache: Migraineآدھے سر کا درد
A headache is usually associated with infection (URTI, LRTI, enteric fever, malaria). If isolated, the main causes are migraine and tension-type headache. Migraine is unilateral (female patients), lasts hours to 2–3 days, preceded by aura (zig-zag lines), precipitated by menstruation, flashing light, anxiety, etc.
Hypertension (OPD Approach)ہائی بلڈ پریشر
Hypertension is BP of 140/90 or more on two separate occasions. Treat by stage, age and end-organ damage; hypertensive urgency has no end-organ damage, emergency does.
LRTI in Infants (Viral and Bacterial)بچوں میں سینے کا انفیکشن
Viral LRTI has a low-grade fever; bacterial LRTI has a high-grade fever. Both are graded mild, moderate or severe, and management depends on the grade. Severe cases go to tertiary care for admission.
Laryngitis
Inflammation of the voice box causing hoarseness. Usually viral.
Lower Respiratory Tract Infection (Bacterial)سینے کا انفیکشن
Bacterial chest infection with high fever and productive cough. Management depends on whether the cause is bacterial or viral.
Malariaملیریا
High-grade fever with rigors and chills that subsides with sweating, acute onset, with no focal symptoms (no sore throat, cough, runny nose, loose stool, abdominal cramps or burning micturition).
Pneumonia in Childrenبچوں میں نمونیا
Lung infection and a major killer of children under 5 in Pakistan. Early recognition by fast breathing and prompt antibiotics save lives.
Tuberculosis (OPD Approach)ٹی بی / تپ دق
Low-grade fever, cough for more than 2 weeks, night sweats, weight loss, loss of appetite and sometimes haemoptysis. Confirm with sputum AFB and chest X-ray, check GeneXpert for MDR-TB, then start ATT by weight and refer to a consultant for further decision.
Viral Bronchitis (Viral LRTI)وائرل برونکائٹس
Low-grade fever with a painful dry cough and a clear chest; CBC shows lymphocytosis.
Viral Rhinitis (Common Cold)نزلہ زکام
Inflammation of the nasal mucosa from a viral infection. Causes of rhinitis: viral and allergic.