History and Examination
- Abdominal Distension and Bloating
- Abdominal Examination (Preparation and Methods)
- Abdominal Masses
- Abdominal Pain
- Abdominal Pain In Pregnancy
- Abdominal Wall Hernias
- Abnormal Gait
- Abnormal Weight Loss
- Aching Joints - Assessment, Investigations and Management in Primary Care
- Acute Abdomen
- Acute Abdominal Pain in Children
- Acute Urinary Retention (Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment)
- Alcoholism and Alcohol Misuse - Recognition and Assessment
- Ambiguous Genitalia
- Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring
- Anaemia of Chronic Disease
- Antenatal Examinations and Diagnosis of Pregnancy
- Ascites (Causes, Symptoms and Treatment)
- Ascites Tapping
- Back Pain In Children
- Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo
- Blurred Vision
- Bradycardia (Causes, Symptoms and Treatment)
- Breast Lumps and Breast Examination
- Breast Pain (Causes, Symptoms and Treatment)
- Breathlessness
- Broad Complex Tachycardias (Causes, Diagnosis, and Treatment)
- Bulbar Palsy and Pseudobulbar Palsy (Symptoms and Treatment)
- Cachexia (Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment)
- Caplan's Syndrome
- Cardiac-type Chest Pain Presenting in Primary Care
- Cardiovascular History and Examination
- Catatonia and Catalepsy
- Catheterising Bladders (Method and Indications)
- Cauda Equina Syndrome
- Centile Charts and Assessing Growth
- Cerebellar Disorders
- Chest Deformity
- Chest Pain
- Cheyne-Stokes and Abnormal Patterns of Respiration
- Choking and Foreign Body Airway Obstruction (FBAO)
- Chronic Cough in Adults (Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment)
- Chronic Cough in Children
- Chronic Pain
- Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media
- Cluster Headaches
- Colour Vision and its Disorders
- Coma
- Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
- Conditions Affecting the External Eye
- Congenital Ear Problems
- Constipation in Adults (Causes, Symptoms and Treatment)
- Cyanosis
- Dealing with Hearing-impaired Patients
- Death Certification (Recognition)
- Dehydration in Children
- Delirium (Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment)
- Depression
- Dermatological Descriptive Terms
- Dermatological History and Examination
- Diplopia and III, IV and VI Cranial Nerve Lesions
- Disease-modifying Antirheumatic Drugs (DMARDs)
- Diseases and Different Ethnic Groups
- Dizziness, Giddiness and Feeling Faint
- Dysarthria and Dysphasia
- Dyslexia
- Dyspareunia
- Dyspepsia
- Dysphagia
- Dyspnoea in Palliative Care
- Dyspraxia and Apraxia
- Dysuria
- Ear, Nose and Throat Examination
- Epigastric Pain
- Epiphora
- Erectile Dysfunction (ED) | Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment
- Erythema Annulare Centrifugum
- Erythema Nodosum (Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment)
- Examination of the Cranial Nerves
- Examination of the Eye
- Examination of the Spine
- Exercise Tolerance Testing
- Exophthalmos
- Facial Nerve Palsy
- Facial Pain (Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment)
- Faecal Incontinence
- Faltering Growth in Children
- Fatigue and TATT
- Femoral Hernias (Causes, Symptoms and Treatment)
- Femoral Nerve Lesion
- Fever and Night Sweats
- First Seizure
- Flashes, Floaters and Haloes
- Flatulence and Wind
- Forensic Examination
- Foster Kennedy's Syndrome
- Fungal Nail Infections (Causes, Symptoms and Treatment)
- Gait Abnormalities in Children
- Gangrene
- Gastrointestinal History and Examination
- Generalised Lymphadenopathy
- Genitourinary History and Examination (Female)
- Genitourinary History and Examination (Male)
- Gradual Loss of Vision
- Guillain-Barré Syndrome (Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment)
- Gynaecological Examination and History
- Haematospermia
- Haemoptysis
- Halitosis
- Headache
- Healthy Child Programme
- Hearing Testing and Screening in Young Children
- Hearing Tests
- Heart Auscultation (Types of Heart Sounds and Murmurs)
- Heart Murmurs in Children
- Heart Palpitations (Causes and Management)
- Hemifacial Spasm
- Hepatomegaly (Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment)
- Hiatus Hernia
- Hiccups
- High-altitude Illness
- Hip Pain in Children
- History and Physical Examination
- History Taking
- Hoarseness
- Horner's Syndrome (Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment)
- Hot Flushes
- Hot Swollen Joints
- Hydrocele (Causes, Symptoms and Treatment)
- Hyperhidrosis
- Hyperventilation (Causes, Symptoms and Treatment)
- Hypnagogic Hallucinations (Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment)
- Hypothermia
- Ill and Feverish Child
- Infant Respiratory Distress Syndrome (IRDS)
- Inguinal Hernias (Causes, Symptoms and Treatment)
- Insomnia
- International Prostate Symptom Score (I-PSS)
- Itching (Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment)
- Jaundice (Causes and Treatment)
- Jaundice in Pregnancy
- Jugular Venous Pressure (Causes and Prognosis)
- Knee Pain (Causes, Types and Assessment)
- Knees That Swell
- Left Iliac Fossa Pain
- Left Upper Quadrant Pain
- Lentigo
- Leukoplakia (Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment)
- Loin Pain (Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment)
- Loss of Libido
- Low Back Pain and Sciatica
- Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in Men (Causes and Treatment)
- Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in Women
- Lumps
- Marfan's Syndrome (Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment)
- Medically Unexplained Symptoms (Assessment and Management)
- Micturition Syncope (Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment)
- Mild Cognitive Impairment
- Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE)
- Mononeuropathies
- Mother's Six-week Postnatal Check
- Muscle Cramps (Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment)
- Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome)
- Nail Disorders and Abnormalities
- Narcolepsy and Cataplexy (Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment)
- Narrow Complex Tachycardias
- Nasal Discharge
- Neck Lumps and Bumps
- Neck Pain (Cervicalgia) and Torticollis
- Neonatal Examination (Screening)
- Neonatal Jaundice (Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment)
- Neurological Examination of the Lower Limbs
- Neurological Examination of the Upper Limbs
- Neurological History and Examination
- Newborn Screening
- Night Terrors and Parasomnias
- Nightmare Disorder
- Nocturia
- Nocturnal Enuresis in Children
- Nystagmus
- Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome
- Obesity in Adults
- Obesity in Children
- Oliguria
- Optic Disc Swelling (including Papilloedema)
- Orbital Swellings
- Osteochondroses
- Otalgia (Earache)
- Overactive Bladder (Urinary Incontinence and Urge Incontinence)
- Paediatric Examination
- Paediatric History
- Paediatric Supraventricular Tachycardia
- Painful Foot
- Palmar Erythema
- Pancoast's Syndrome
- Peak Flow Recording
- Pelvic Pain
- Peripheral Arterial Disease
- Peripheral Oedema (Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment)
- Persistent Nausea or Vomiting (Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment)
- Pierre Robin Sequence
- Pigmented Purpuric Dermatosis
- Polyuria
- Post-inflammatory Hyperpigmentation of Skin
- Post-inflammatory Hypopigmentation of Skin
- Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) | Causes, Symptoms and Treatment
- Presbyacusis
- Prevention of Falls in Elderly People
- Proctalgia Fugax and Anal Pain
- Prolonged Diarrhoea or Vomiting
- Prominent Ears
- Psychiatric Assessment
- Ptosis and Lid Lag
- Puerperal Mastitis
- Pulse Examination
- Pupillary Abnormalities
- Pyrexia of Unknown Origin
- Raynaud's Disease (Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment)
- Rectal Bleeding in Adults
- Rectal Bleeding in Children (Examination, Causes, and Management)
- Rectal Examination
- Respiratory System History and Examination
- Rheumatological History, Examination and Investigations
- Right Iliac Fossa Pain
- Right Upper Quadrant Pain
- Rigors
- Salivary Gland Disorders (Causes, Types, and Treatment)
- Screening for Cognitive Impairment (Cognitive Function Tests)
- Seborrhoeic Dermatitis
- Secondary Headache
- Severe and Partial Sight Impairment
- Shoulder Examination
- Shoulder Pain (Causes, Assessment, and Treatment)
- Sick Sinus Syndrome
- Six-week Baby Check
- Sjögren's Syndrome (Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment)
- Skin and Subcutaneous Nodules
- Sleep Problems in Children
- Snoring
- Social Anxiety Disorder
- Social Isolation - How to Help Patients be Less Lonely
- Somatic Symptom Disorder
- Some Dental and Periodontal Diseases
- Spider Naevus
- Splenomegaly and Hypersplenism
- Steatohepatitis and Steatosis (Fatty Liver)
- Stokes-Adams Attacks (Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment)
- Strabismus (Squint) Classification and Management
- Strawberry Naevus (Causes, Symptoms and Treatment)
- Stridor
- Subconjunctival Haemorrhage (Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment)
- Superficial Thrombophlebitis (Symptoms, Treatment, and Prognosis)
- Supraventricular Tachycardia in Adults
- Swollen Legs (Causes, Symptoms and Treatment)
- Sydenham's Chorea
- Syncope
- Talipes Equinovarus
- Tenesmus
- Tension-type Headache
- Thirst
- Thoracic Back Pain (Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment)
- Thyroglossal Cysts
- Thyroid Lumps (including Goitre)
- Tinnitus
- Toe and Finger Clubbing (Causes, Symptoms and Treatment)
- Tourette's Syndrome and Other Tic Disorders
- Tremor (Essential Tremor, Physiological Tremor, and Intention Tremor)
- Two-year Child Development Check (Healthy Child Programme)
- Undescended Testes (Maldescended and Retractile Testes)
- Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding (Causes, Symptoms and Treatment)
- Urinary Frequency
- Urinary Incontinence
- Uterine Cervix and Common Cervical Abnormalities
- Varicocele
- Varicose Veins
- Vasculitis (Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment)
- Vertigo (Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment)
- Vision Testing and Screening in Young Children
- Visual Field Defects
- Voiding Difficulties
- Vulvodynia
- Walking Difficulty and Off Legs in Adults
- Wheezing in Children (Causes, Symptoms and Treatment)
- Xanthelasma (Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment)
Notes on History and Examination