A 27-year-old reports hoarseness with dry cough. Examination reveals inflamed vocal cords.
Which condition is described?
Epiglottitis
Laryngitis
Bronchitis
Pharyngitis
The Correct Answer is B
A. Epiglottitis:
Epiglottitis is a life-threatening condition causing airway obstruction, drooling, severe sore throat, not just hoarseness.
B. Laryngitis:
Laryngitis involves inflammation of the larynx (vocal cords), causing hoarseness and dry cough.
C. Bronchitis:
Bronchitis involves inflammation of the bronchi, causing productive cough, not primarily hoarseness.
D. Pharyngitis:
Pharyngitis is sore throat inflammation, not primarily affecting the vocal cords.
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Correct Answer is B
Explanation
A. Endometriosis:
Endometriosis causes chronic pelvic pain but doesn't typically present with purulent discharge, fever, or foul-smelling discharge.
B. Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID):
PID is an infection of the reproductive organs, often caused by untreated sexually transmitted infections. Symptoms like acute pelvic pain, fever, purulent vaginal discharge, and rebound pain are characteristic of PID.
C. Uterine leiomyomas:
Leiomyomas (fibroids) can cause pelvic pain but are not associated with infection, fever, or purulent discharge.
D. Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS):
PCOS does not cause acute infection-like symptoms (fever, purulent discharge) as seen in PID.
Correct Answer is A
Explanation
A. Genital human papillomavirus infection:
HPV causes genital warts that can be transmitted during birth, leading to conditions like respiratory papillomatosis in the baby.
B. Syphilis:
Syphilis causes painless ulcers (chancres) but the description fits HPV better.
C. Genital herpes:
Herpes lesions are typically painful vesicles, not warty growths.
D. Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID):
PID is a complication of sexually transmitted infections but involves internal reproductive organs- no external warty lesions.
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