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Immigrant health - acute presentations
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) and specialist management Immigrant health - Vitamin D Rashes Infective Eczema Dermatophyte (tinea) infection … Strongyloides infection may cause an intermittent urticarial rash lasting a few days (larva currens), typically …
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Fever in the recently returned traveller
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in majority) Tachypnoea Rash Altered consciousness* Haemorrhage* Hypotension* *Suggestive of cerebral malaria … implicated Rashes/skin lesions Dengue, typhoid, rickettsial infections, measles, leptospirosis, syphilis …
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Immune thrombocytopenic purpura
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in adolescents (20-30% of adolescents) Assessment History and examination Sudden onset petechial rash; easy …, fever, sweats or infective symptoms Rash, arthritis, myalgias, dry eyes, mouth ulcers, recurrent …
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Urticaria
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, antibiotics), foods and insect stings Assessment History Events preceding (hours to days) onset of rash Number … to resolve Blotchy rash typical of urticaria Differential diagnosis Urticaria Erythema Multiforme Urticaria …
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Sore throat
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, oropharyngeal ulcers, diarrhoea, typical viral rash) Infectious contacts (see Invasive group A streptococcal …): blanching, erythematous, sandpaper-like rash, usually more prominent in skin creases flushed face/cheeks …
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Eczema
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and other bacterial skin infections Nappy rash Key points Children with eczema require optimal everyday skin …/or recurrent infections (consider immunodeficiencies , micronutrient deficiency ) New itchy rash … Painful clustered blisters, punched-out erosions Eczema coxsackium Vesiculobullous rash with brownish …
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Kawasaki disease
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with peri-limbic sparing Rash Polymorphous, erythematous typically involving the trunk, perineum (may desquamate … Pulmonary nodules Other Anterior uveitis ( common, asymptomatic, requires slit lamp ) Desquamating rash … and pharyngitis Measles Cough, coryza, exudative conjunctivitis without limbal sparing and cephalocaudal rash …
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Nephrotic syndrome
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with manual measurement (see Hypertension ) Presence of extra-renal features (eg rash, joint involvement … presentation Features (eg rash, arthritis, fevers) that may suggest a systemic disease eg SLE, HSP, sickle cell …
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Febrile child
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, abdominal pain, musculoskeletal pain, rash Travel Sick contacts Immunisation: children <6 months age … or prolonged seizures Other Non-blanching rash Fever for ≥5 days Swelling of a limb or joint Non-weight bearing …
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Haematuria
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of urinary infection: dysuria, frequency, pain, fever Systemic symptoms such as fatigue, oedema, rash …