ENT and eyes Flashcards

1
Q

surfer who has gradual unilateral hearing loss

A

exostosis

surfers ear
many surfers and open water swimmers and wind surfers can get it . due to abnormal boine growth (otosclerosis)

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2
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female who has permanent complete unilateral hearing loss in pregnancy

A

otosclerosis

pregnancy accelerates it/ makes it worse

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3
Q

someone who had had hearing loss after getting off plane

A

glue ear ??

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4
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man treated with antibiotics for presumed pneumonia, smoker, returns 6 weeks later still hoarse, what do doi?

A

refer urgently to ENT

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5
Q

back pain, small pupils and red eyes

A

ank spond

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6
Q

treatment for anterior uveitis

A

topical steroids

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7
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treatment for acute closed angle glaucoma

A

IV acetazolamide (diamox)

it is a carbonic anhydrase inhibitor

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8
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if somebody has a squint, what is the important first step in helpign them

A

correct any refractive errors

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9
Q

in children how are squints/ lazy eyes corrected

A
patching
atropine drops (constricts the eye to make the other one work harder)
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10
Q

MS with optic neuritis in left eye…. what visual field defect will you see

A

left central scotoma

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11
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man age 21, sounds like MS nystagmus and pupils not looking in same direction

A

internuclear ophthalmoplegia

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12
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bilateral red eye in child

A

chlamydial conjunctivitis

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13
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person with contact lenses abd has red eye and pain

A

corneal ulcer

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14
Q

bakc pain and red eye

A

anterior uveitis , seen in ank spond

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15
Q

treatment of nasal polpys

A

steroids

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16
Q

sinusitis for < 3 days, how do you treat it

A

decngestants

not antibiotics

17
Q

mid-dilated fixed pupil and painful red eye

A

acute closed angle glaucoma

18
Q

deep violaceous and red eye

19
Q

red eye, no pain, pool of bloods

A

subconjunctival haemorrhage

20
Q

elderly lady with thin clear nasal discharge

A

vasomotor rhinits

21
Q

patient has runny nose with a cat

A

perennial rhinitis

22
Q

stridor and drooling

A

epiglottitis

23
Q

contact lens wearer and reduced visual acuity

A

corneal ulcer

24
Q

papilodema , headache and hemiparesis, what test shoud you do?

25
vertigo and tingling in arms
vertibrobasillar insuffiency due tpo decreased bloodflow to posterior part of brain
26
patient with trismus (locked jaw),, unilateral throat pain and deviated uvula
quinsy
27
women had children, N+V then sudden onset dizziness lasting 2 weeks
acute labrynthitis
28
woman had children, weakness in face, vertigo, previous episode of weakness
MS
29
guy standing up from chair and gets dizzy
autonomic
30
red eye and discharge
conjunctivitis
31
farmer has a cat and has recurrent rhinitis, what test should you do
RASST
32
chronic sinusitis and discharg, what test should you do?
CT sinus
33
painful vesicles in ear
ramsey hunt syndrome
34
single crease on nose is a sign of what
allergy/ allergic rhinits ( from constant rubbing)
35
young man with 6 weeks of conjunctivitis and had conjunctival follicles. has been unresponsive to 1 week of topical chloramphenicol.
chalmydial conjunctivitis
36
treatment of dendritic ulcer
acyclovir