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  2. Diagnosis of tuberculosis - Wikipedia

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    The medical history includes obtaining the symptoms of pulmonary TB: productive, prolonged cough of three or more weeks, chest pain, and hemoptysis.Systemic symptoms include low grade remittent fever, chills, night sweats, appetite loss, weight loss, easy fatiguability, and production of sputum that starts out mucoid but changes to purulent. [1]

  3. Tuberculous lymphadenitis - Wikipedia

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    Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the most common cause of both pulmonary tuberculosis and tuberculous lymphadenitis. [1] [6] Historically, transmission of Mycobacterium bovis from dairy consumption was another frequent cause of tuberculous lymphadenitis, but incidence has drastically decreased in developed countries since the advent of pasteurization and other efforts to prevent bovine ...

  4. Adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder - Wikipedia

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    ADHD can only be diagnosed by a licensed clinician, and the first step to do so is via screening with validated tools to screen for ADHD in adults. [10] [12] [13] The Adult ADHD Self Report Rating Scale (ASRS) is a validated screening tool recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO) with a sensitivity and specificity of 91.4% and 96.0% ...

  5. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder - Wikipedia

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    In North America and Australia, DSM-5 criteria are used for diagnosis, while European countries usually use the ICD-10. The DSM-IV criteria for diagnosis of ADHD is 3–4 times more likely to diagnose ADHD than is the ICD-10 criteria. [212] ADHD is alternately classified as neurodevelopmental disorder [213] or a disruptive behaviour disorder ...

  6. Tuberculosis - Wikipedia

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    Diagnosis of active TB is based on chest X-rays, as well as microscopic examination and culture of bodily fluids. [10] Diagnosis of latent TB relies on the tuberculin skin test (TST) or blood tests. [10] Prevention of TB involves screening those at high risk, early detection and treatment of cases, and vaccination with the bacillus Calmette ...

  7. List of mental disorders in the DSM-IV and DSM-IV-TR ...

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    This list features both the added and removed subtypes. Also, 22 ICD-9-CM codes were updated. [2] The ICD codes stated in the first column are those from the DSM-IV-TR. The ones that were updated are marked yellow – the older ICD codes from the DSM-IV are stated in the third column.

  8. ICD-10 - Wikipedia

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    ICD-10 is the 10th revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), a medical classification list by the World Health Organization (WHO). It contains codes for diseases, signs and symptoms, abnormal findings, complaints, social circumstances, and external causes of injury or diseases. [1]

  9. Post-tuberculosis lung disease - Wikipedia

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    PTLD affects a substantial proportion of TB survivors [3] (of whom there were an estimated 155 million globally in 2020), estimated as much as 50 percent overall and more than 70 percent in survivors of multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis. [4] Around 10 percent have lost more than half of their lung function. [4]