MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS FINAL PAPER 2025/2026 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GRADED A++
✔✔Hypothyroidism - ✔✔Low functioning thyroid
✔✔COPD - ✔✔Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
✔✔Emphysema - ✔✔loss of elasticy of the lungs causing small airways to collapse and
shortness of the breath
✔✔Pleural effusion - ✔✔collection of fluid in pleural space of the lungs
✔✔Colostomy - ✔✔opening that connects the colon to the surface of the body
✔✔BKA - ✔✔below the knee amputation
✔✔DJD - ✔✔degenerative joint disease, chronic wearing out of the joints
✔✔TURP - ✔✔Transurethral Resection of the prostate, Removal of thea piece of the
prostate thur the urethra
✔✔Edema - ✔✔Swelling caused by fluid in the tissues, fluid retention
✔✔ETOH abuse - ✔✔Alcohol abuse
✔✔Schizophrenia - ✔✔A mental disorder that makes it difficult to discern real from
unreal
✔✔Depression - ✔✔A mental state characterized by lack of hope
✔✔MRSA - ✔✔methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, a bacterial infection that is
resistant to some antibiotics
✔✔c. difficile - ✔✔c. diff is a bacterium that is resistant to some bacteria, symptoms
range from diarrhea to life threatening inflammation of the colon
✔✔Renal failure - ✔✔loss of the ability of kidney to remove waste and concentrate urine
✔✔Bradycardia - ✔✔slow heart rate, in adults below 60
✔✔tachycardia - ✔✔fast heart rate, in adults above 100
✔✔ Mastectomy - ✔✔surgical removal of one of both breast
AND ANSWERS GRADED A++
✔✔Hypothyroidism - ✔✔Low functioning thyroid
✔✔COPD - ✔✔Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
✔✔Emphysema - ✔✔loss of elasticy of the lungs causing small airways to collapse and
shortness of the breath
✔✔Pleural effusion - ✔✔collection of fluid in pleural space of the lungs
✔✔Colostomy - ✔✔opening that connects the colon to the surface of the body
✔✔BKA - ✔✔below the knee amputation
✔✔DJD - ✔✔degenerative joint disease, chronic wearing out of the joints
✔✔TURP - ✔✔Transurethral Resection of the prostate, Removal of thea piece of the
prostate thur the urethra
✔✔Edema - ✔✔Swelling caused by fluid in the tissues, fluid retention
✔✔ETOH abuse - ✔✔Alcohol abuse
✔✔Schizophrenia - ✔✔A mental disorder that makes it difficult to discern real from
unreal
✔✔Depression - ✔✔A mental state characterized by lack of hope
✔✔MRSA - ✔✔methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, a bacterial infection that is
resistant to some antibiotics
✔✔c. difficile - ✔✔c. diff is a bacterium that is resistant to some bacteria, symptoms
range from diarrhea to life threatening inflammation of the colon
✔✔Renal failure - ✔✔loss of the ability of kidney to remove waste and concentrate urine
✔✔Bradycardia - ✔✔slow heart rate, in adults below 60
✔✔tachycardia - ✔✔fast heart rate, in adults above 100
✔✔ Mastectomy - ✔✔surgical removal of one of both breast
