Mnemonics :

GENERAL
OPDFCAAA
PAIN
LIQRAAA
PAM HUG FOSS WASTE
ETOH CAGEDEPRESSION : SIG EM CAPS
S- SLEEP CHANGES
I-INTEREST LOST
G-GUILT
E-ENERGY
M-MOOD AND MEMORY
C-CONCENTRATION LOSS
A-APPETITE
P-PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION/AGITATION
S-SUICIDE INTENT
1) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE- SAFE GARDS
S-SAFE AT HOME
A-AFRAID OF HUSBAND
F-FAMILY AND FRIENDS AWARE OF SITUATION?
G-GUNS AT HOME- HAVE THOUGHT TO USE THEM TO HARM YOUR SELF OR ABUSER
A-ALCOHOL INVOLVEMENT IN SITUATION
R-RELATIONSHIP WITH HUSBAND,HUSBANDS RELATIONS WITH U, HUSBANDS RELATIONS WITH KIDS
D- DRUGS INVOLVEMENT
S-SUICIDE INTENT
2 ) FATIGUE CAUSES: I M A PHD+ SLEEP APNEA
INFECTIONS
MALIGNANCY
ANEMIA AND ABUSE
PSTD
HYPOTHYROIDISM
DIABETES AND DEPRESSION
SLEEP APNEA

3 ) NIGHT SWEATS: MED PIG

MALIGNANCY

ENDOCRINE- HYPERTHYROIDISM,PHEO
INFECTIONS
DRUGS
PANIC ATTACKS
GENERALISED ANXIETY DISORDER
4 ) HEMATURIA: HITTERS
HEMATOLOGICAL DISORDERS OR BLOOD THINNERS
INFECTIONS- UTI PYELONEPHRITIS
TUMORS- BLADDER
TRAUMA
EXCERCISE
STONES
5 ) BLEEDING PER RECTUM: DRAN
DIVERTICULOSIS AND DRUGS
RECTAL CAUSES- PILES AND FISSURES
ANAL CAUSES- ANAL SEX AND ANGIODYSPLASIA
NEOPLASMS
6 ) AMENORRHEA: P7A5H
PRIMARY AMENORRHEA
PREGNANCY
PROLACTINOMA
PILLS
PCOD
PPH
PERIMENOPAUSAL SYNDROME
ANXIETY
ANOREXIA NERVOSA
ANOVULATORY CYCLES
ADRENAL HYPER FUNCTION
ASHERMANNS SYNDROME
HYPO OR HYPERTHYROIDISM

7 ) BLEEDING VAGINA: A PV BLEED

ADENOMYOSIS, ABORTION, ABRUPTIO PLACENTAE
PID
VAGINAL INJURIES
BLEEDING DISORDERS
LEIOMYOMA
ECTOPIC PREGNANCY
ENDOMETRIOSIS AND ENDOCRINE CAUSES
DUB
8 ) DYSPAREUNIA: PACED
PID
ATROPHIC VAGINITIS
CERVICITIS
ENDOMETRIOSIS
DEPRESSION
9) DIFFICULT TO GET PREGNANT: AAAPLE
AMENORRHEA
ANOVULATION
ASHERMANS SYNDROME
PID
LEIOMYOMA
ENDOMETRIOSIS
10 ) MENOPAUSE: EMOTIONAL HAVOC
EMOTIONAL
HOT FLASHES
ATROPHIC VAGINITIS
VAGINAL DRYNESS
OSTEOPOROSIS
CAD
11 ) ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING (ADL): DEATH
DRESSING
EATING
AMBULATION
TOILETING
HYGEINE
12) INSTRUMENTAL ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING (IDAL): SHAFT
SHOPPING

HOUSE KEEPING
ACCOUTING
FOOD PREP
TRANSPORTATION
13 ) IMPOTENCE: LIMP PPPENIS
LIBIDO CHANGES
INJURY TO BACK AND PENIS
MEDICATION SIDE EFFECTS
PAST MEDICAL HISTORY- HT,DM, PVD, PAST PROSTATE SURGERY
PYRENOIE DISEASE
PERFORMANCE ANXIERY
ERECTION AT ALL
NOCTURIA
INCONTINENCES
STRESS AND DEPRESSION
14 ) PEDIATRIC HISTORY: ON CALL IDIOT
ONSET, PROGRESSION, DURATION
NUMBER OR TIMES AND AMOUNT IN EACH TIME
CRYING AND CONSISTENCY- MUCUS OR BLOOD AND CONTENTS
ASSOCIATED SYMPTOMS
LIQUIDS
LISTLESSNESS. LETHARGY
DAY CARE/DEHYDRATION/DIAPERS/DEVELOPMENTAL MILESTONES/ DIET
IMMUNISATION, LAST PHYSICIAN VISIT
ORS
TRAVEL HISTORY
15 ) OBESITY PROBLEMS: OBESITY DISC
OSTEOARTHRITIS
BREATHING PROBLEMS
EXCESS CHOLESTEROL
STRESS INCONTINENCE
TYPE 2 DM
HYPERTENSION
DEPRESSION
INTOLERANCE ( COLD)
SOCIAL STIGMA, SLEEP APNEA, SEX DISTURBANCES
CHOLELITHIASIS, CYCLICAL ABNORMALITIES, CANCER OF BREAST AND ENDOMETRIAL CANCERS

16) OBESITY COUNSELLING : ABCDEF

AVOID-ADVICE, SEDENTARY AND STEROIDS
BOOKS TO READ FOR
CHOLESTEROL CHECKS , CONSULT AND COUNSELLING
DIETICIAN
EXCERCISE
CUT DOWN ON FATTY FOODS
17 ) INSOMNIA COUNSELLING: ABCDEF
AVOID
BEDTIMES
CONCERNS- WORRIES
DRUG CAFFEINE- ALCOHOL
EXCERCISE NOT LATER THAN EVENING
EXCITEMENT- TV SHOWS
FOLLOW- GOOD HYGEINE, HABITS
18 ) BURNING URINE DD: CUT N PR
CYSTITIS
URETHRITIS- GONOCOCCAL/ NON GONOCOCCAL
TRICHOMONIASIS
NEPHROLITHIASIS
PID
REITERS SYNDROME
19 ) BLOOD IN URINE: BRANU PP TEST
BLADDER CA
RCC
ACUTE PGN
NEPHROLITHIASIS
UTI
PYELONEPHRITIS
PROSTATE CA
TUMOR
EXCERCISE
STONES
TRAUMA
20 ) PALPITATIONS: PAPA MCH
PANIC ATTACKS
ANGINA

PHEO
ARRYTHMIAS
MVP
COSTOCHONDRITIS
HYPERTHYROIDISM
HYPOGLYCEMIA
21 ) FOLLOW UP CASES: DO DO CARFS LRTD
DIAGNOSIS ONSET
ONSET OF SYMPTOMS
DRUG
ONSET OF USE
COMPLIANCE
AMOUNT
ROUTE
FREQUENCY
SIDE EFFECTS
LAST CHECK UP
RESULTS- HOME MONITORING
TODAYS HEALTH
DISEASES OTHER
22 ) DIABETES FOLLOW UP CASE : POLY MEDOWS FOOT
POLYURIA/POLYDIPSIA/POLYPHAGIA- R U EXPERIENCING INCREASE IN URINATION/THIRST/APETITE?
MEDS- WHAT MEDICINES YOU ARE TAKING?
EXCERCISE- DO U EXCERCISE?
DIET MODIFICATION- R U ON SPECIFIC DIET?
OPTHALMOLOGY- WHEN U LAST VISITED YR EYE DOCTOR?
WEIGHT MODIFICATION
SUGAR MONITORING-HBA1C- DO U MONITOR YR SUGAR AT HOME? WHAT WAS THE LAST READING? HOW FREQUENT U MONITOR YR SUGAR? WHAT
WAS LAST YR LAST GLYCOSYLATED HB-HBA1C?
FOOT CHECK UP- WHEN DID U SEE YR FOOT DOCTOR LAST TIME?
23 ) BRUISES: DATTS VL
DIC
ANEMIA
TRAUMA/ TTP
T CELL HODKINS LYMPHOMA
SLE
VASCULITIS
LEUKEMIA

24 ) MVA HISTORY: AMPLE

ALLERGIES
MEDICATIONS
PMH
LAST MEAL
EVENTS BEFORE THE ACCIDENT
25 ) MVA D/D BREATHING: PNEUMOTHORAX
PLEUTIRIS
PNEUMONIA
HEMOTHORAX
RIB FRACTURE
SPLENIC RUPTURE
26 ) RASH: RASH OF BIDI P
RA
ALLERGIC DERMATITIS
SCABIES, SLE
HEP ABC
OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE
FOLLICULITIS
BLASTOMYCOSIS
INSECT BITE
DRUG INDUCED REACTION, DERMATITIS HERPETIFORM
INFECTION
PHOTODERMATITIS, PSOARIASIS

27 ) BAD BREATH
DKA
LUNG ABSCESS
TONSILLITIS
LIVER FAILURE
RENAL FAILURE
PERIODONTAL ABSCESS
GERD
SINUSITIS
28 ) MOUTH SORES: HASPRIT
HERPES SIMPLEX

APTHOUS STOMATITIS
STOMATITIS
PEMPHIGUS
REACTIVE ARTHRITIS
IBD
TRAUMA
29 ) SHOULDER PAIN: FORMED
FRACTURE OF HUMERUS
OR CLAVICLE
OSTEOLYELITIS/OSTEOPOROSIS
ROTATOR CUFF INJURY
MYOSITIS
ELDER ABUSE
DISLOCATION
30 ) ELBOW: SET
STRESS FRACTURE
EPICONDYLITIS LATERAL
TENNIS ELBOW
31 ) HAND WRIST
CARPEL TUNNEL SYNDROME
MEDIAN NERVE ENTRAPMENT
SLE
PSEUDOGOUT
RA
GONOCOCCAL SEPTIC ARTHRITIS
33 ) KNEE PAIN: SPORTS
SAC INFLAMMATION
PSEUDOGOUT/ PATELLA FEMORAL PAIN SYNDROME
OSTEOARTHRITIS/OSTEOPOROSIS
REACTIVE ARTHRITIS/RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS/REITERS ARTHRITIS
TUMOR, TRAUMA, FALL,ABUSE, FRACTURE
SEPTIC ARTHRITIS, GONOCOCCAL ARTHRITIS
34 ) TENDER TIBIA: OOOO
OSTEOID
OSTEOMA
OSTEOSARCOMA
OSTEOCLASTOMA

35 ) CALF PAIN-SWELLING: DR TOM CCL

DVT
RUPTURED BAKER CYST
TRAUMA
OBESITY/OCP
MALIGNANCY
CELLULITIS
CIRRHOSIS
LYMPHANGITIS
36 ) HIP: AB SPORTS
AVN
BURSITIS- TROCHANTERIC BURSITIS
SEPTIC ARTHRITIS
PERTHES DISEASE
OSTEOPOROSIS/OSTEOARTHRITIS
RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS/REACTIVE ARTHRITIS/REITEIRS ARTHRITIS
TRAUMA FRACTURE DISLOCATION
SCD, SCFE
37 ) FOOT PAIN: FOOT PAINS
FAT ATROPHY
OSTEOPOROSIS
OSTEOMYELITIS
TARSAL TUNNEL SYNDROME
PLANTER FASCITIS,PERIOSTITIS
APOPHYSITIS
ISCHEMIC PVD
NERVE ENTRAPMENT
STRESS FRACTURE
38 ) BACK PAIN: M3D2L2 LOV PT ( MD LOV PT )
METASTITIC CA
MULTIPLE MYELOMA
MALINGERING
DEGENERATIVE ARTHRITIS
DISC HERNIATION
LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS
LUMBAR MUSLE SPRAIN
OSTEOMYELITIS/OSTEOPOROSIS

VERTEBRAL COMPRESSION FRACTURE

PYELONEPHRITIS
TRAUMA
39 ) CONFUSION AND MEMORY LOSS: Memory VANISHEDMEDICATIONS
VASCULAR EVENTS
ALZHEIMERS
NP HYDROCEPHALUS
INCREASED ICP ( TUMOR )
SUBDURAL HEMATOMA
HYPOTHYROID,HYPOGLYCEMIA, HEAD INJURY
EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS- DEPRESSION
DEMENTIAS,DELIRUM,DRUG ABUSE
ASH V BINDS
ALZHIEMERS
SUBDURAL HEMATOMA
HYPOGLYCEMIA/HYPOTHYROIDISM
VASCULAR DEMENTIA
INTRACRANIAL BLEED
B12 DEF
DEPRESSION/DELIRIUM
NP HYDROCEPHALUS
STROKE
40 ) DIZZINESS: MALO BP
MENIERES DISEASE
ACOUSTIC NEUROMA
LABYRINTHITIS
ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION
BPPV
PERILYMPHATIC FISTULA
41 ) HEARING LOSS: COCHLEAR POOMA
COCHLEAR DAMAGE
PRESBYCUSIS
OTOTOXICITY
OTOSCLEROSIS
MENIERES DISEASE
ACOUSTIC NEUROMA

42 ) EAR PAIN: COMET

CERUMEN IMPACTION
OTITIS EXTERNA OTITIS MEDIA
MIDDLE EAR TUMOR
EAR CANAL OBSTRUCTION
TEMPORO MANDIBULAR JOINT INFECTION
43 ) EYE PAIN AND VISION LOSS: MD CAT HAD CATARACTS
MACULAR DEGENERATION
DRUG SIDE EFFECTS
CORNEAL ABRASION,CONJUCTIVITIS
ACUTE ANGLE GLAUCOMA
TEMPORAL ARTIRITIS
HYPERTENSIVE RETINOPATHY
ANTERIOR UVEITIS
DIABETIC RETINOPATHY
CATARACTS
44 ) FATIGUE: CHOP AT CD
CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME
HYPOTHYROID
OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA
PSTD/PANCREATIC CA
ANXIETY/ ANEMIA
TB
COLON CA
DEPRESSION/ DI/ DM
45 ) HEADACHE: MC HITTS
MIGRAINE, MENINGITIS
CLUSTER
HEMORRHAGE
INTRACRANIAL BLEED
TENSION- STRESS
TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA
SINUSITIS
46 ) INSOMNIA: CS CHIPS
CIRCARDIAN RHYTHM DISORDER
STRESS INDUCED INSOMNIA
CAFFEINE INDUCED INSOMNIA

HYPERTHYROID
INSOMNIA WITH MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER
PRIMARY HYPERSOMNIA
SLEEP APNEA ( OBSTRUCTIVE )
47 ) LOC: SACC VD
SEIZURE DISORDER
AORTIC STENOSIS
CONVULSIVE SYNCOPE
CARDIAC ARRYTHMIA
VASO VAGAL SYNCOPE
DRUG INDUCED HYPOTENSION/SYNCOPE
48 ) NOSE BLEEDS: HEATS D
HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY
EPISTAXIS FROM LIVER FAILURE
ALCOHOL TOXICITY
TYLENOL TOXICITY
SUBDURAL HEMATOMA
DRUG ABUSE
49 ) NUMBNESS, WEAKNESS: MISSD BATH
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
INTRACRANIAL TUMOR
STROKE
SEIZURE
DIABETIC PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY
B12 DEF
ALCOHOLIC PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY
TIA
HYPOGLYCEMIA
50 ) TREMOR: MD WHEPP
MID BRAIN LESION
DRUG INDUCED TREMOR
WILSONS DISEASE
HYPERTHYROID
ESSENTIAL TREMOR
PARKINSONS DISEASE
PHYSIOLOGICAL TREMOR
51 ) PICKY EATER: H FLIP

HABITUAL EATING DISORDER

FIBRE LACK DIET
LEAD POISONING
IRON DEF
PARASITIC INFECTION
52 ) HEMOPTYSIS: LABB PT
LUNG ABSCESS
ACUTE/CHRONIC BRONCHITIS
BRONCHIECTASIS
BRONCHOGENIC CA
PNEUMONIA
TB
53 ) NIGHT SWEATS: PT HALL
PERIMENOPAUSE
TB
HYPERTHYROID
ACUTE HIV
LYMPHOMA
LEUKEMIA
54 ) WEIGHT GAIN: HPA CD
HYPOTHYROID
PREG
ATYPICAL DEPRESSION
CUSHINGS DISEASE
DM
55 ) WEIGHT LOSS: CHHA MD
CA
HIV
HYPERTHYROID
ANOREXIA NERVOSA
MALABSORPTION
DIET DRUGS
56 ) CHEST PAIN: PAM CAGED
PERICARDITIS
AORTIC DISSECTION
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
COSTOCHONDRITIS

ANGINA- STABLE OR UNSTABLE

GERD
ESOPHAGITIS
DRUG SIDE EFFECTS
57 ) SOB: CAT BG
CARDIAC ARRYTHMIAS
ASTHMA
ACUTE MI
AORTIC DISSECTION
ACUTE PULMONARY EDEMA
ANGINA
ANXIETY
ABSCESS
TB
BRONCHITIS
BRONCHIACTASIS
GERD
58 ) CHRONIC COUGH/COUGH: CAT BULL PAP
COPD
ASTHMA
TB
BRONCHITIS/BRONCHIECTASIS
URI/POST INFECTIOUS
LUNG CANCERS
LUNG ABSCESS
PNEUMONIA
ATYPICAL PNEUMONIA
ALLERGIES
PE