Name: Maya Al-Memar
Theme: Allergy
OPTION LIST
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A |
Extrinsic Allergic Alveolitis |
I |
Chronic Uticaria |
|
B |
IgE mediated Anaphylaxis |
J |
Urticarial Vasculitis |
|
C |
C1 inhibitor deficiency |
K |
Non IgE mediated Anaphylaxis |
|
D |
Panic Attack |
L |
|
|
E |
Acute Uticaria |
M |
|
|
F |
Idiopathic Angiooedema |
N |
|
|
G |
Coeliac Disease |
O |
|
|
H |
Allergic Asthma |
P |
For each scenario below, choose the most appropriate answer from the list above. Each option may be used once, more than once or not at all.
1. A 55 year old man with history of angina was advised to take a tablet before a long flight. After taking the pill, he suddenly finds that he has difficulty breathing, feels nauseous and is itching.
2. A 24 year old medical student develops worsening swelling of the hands and feet and abdominal pain before her final year medical exams. She says that similar milder episodes have occurred preciously.
3. A 50 year old Irish woman presents to her GP with episodes of diarrhoea, which is difficult to flush, abdominal pain, weight loss and fatigue. She also describes a blistering itchy rash on her knees.
4. A 26 year old male who has been suffering from ‘flu-like’ symptoms with fever presents to the GP after developing skin rash in the last few days.
5. A 35 year old woman presents with persistent itchy wheels for the last 2 months. She noticed that when this is at its worst, she also has a fever and feels generally unwell. After an acute attack, she has bruising and de-pigmentation at the site of the itching.
ANSWERS
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1. B |
2. C |
3. G |
4. E |
5. J |