29. Nasal & Nasopharageal disease

Question 1

Nasal discharge and sneezing differentials?

Answer 1

Nasal discharge and sneezing:
Differentials:
- Sneezing:
- Acute onset: Foreign body, allergic, infectious -viral, trauma
Chronic: Infectious (viral, bacterial (secondary), fungal, parasitic), neoplastic, foreign body
Reverse Sneezing: Foreign body, nasal mites, allergic, vomited contents
- Nasal discharge:
Serous: Viral, allergic, foreign body
Purulent: Chronic foreign body, secondary bacterial infection, fungal infection, lower respiratory
tract disease, neoplasia, dental disease
Sanguineous (epistaxls): Neoplasia, fungal, trauma, foreign body, systemic coagulopathy,
hypertension, dental disease
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Question 2

Lower respiratory tract disease diagnosis and treatment?

Answer 2

Question 3

Dental disease diagnosis and treatment?

Answer 3

Question 4

Foreign body diagnostics and treatment?

Answer 4

Question 5

Fungal diseases?

Answer 5

Question 6

Neoplasia?

Answer 6

Question 7

Lymphocytic plasmacytic rhinitis?

Answer 7

Question 8

Viral infections?

Answer 8

Question 9

Bacterial infections?

Answer 9

Question 10

Parasitic infections?

Answer 10

Question 11

Nasal polyps?

Answer 11

Question 12

Reverse sneezing?

Answer 12

Question 13

Epistaxis?

Answer 13