ENT Foreign bodies + Viral Rashes

Question 1

Equipment used to examine the nose and ear?

Answer 1

Otoscope

otoscopy

Question 2

WHat are the signs of obstruction

Answer 2

tachypnoea

recession

feeding difficulty

distress

hypoxia

Question 3

How do you describe rashes?

Answer 3

Question 4

How else would you describe rashes?

Answer 4

colour

secondary morpholgy: crusting, fissure, Lichenification, erosion, ulcer, scale

distribution

Question 5

How is chicken pox spread

Answer 5

through inhalationof respiratory droplets

Question 6

can chickenpox be malignant

Answer 6

no its benign

Question 7

Management for chicken pox

Answer 7

supportive

analgesia

stay hydrated

antihistamin or apply calamine lotion-itchy

Question 8

Complications of chicken pox?

Answer 8

scarring, secondary bacterial infection, cerebellar ataxia, viral pneumonia, meningo-encephalitis

Question 9

what 2 groups of people do you need to be aware of with chicken pox

Answer 9

neonates

immunocompromised

Question 10

How is Molluscum contagiosum spread

Answer 10

direct contact

Question 11

Molluscum contagiosum is commonly seen where in the body?

Answer 11

trunk and in extremities

Question 12

Molluscum contagiosum can take ___ months to clear

Answer 12

18

Question 13

How does hand foot and mouth disease spread

Answer 13

spread via fecal-oral route or contact wih infected lesions/ secretions

Question 14

hand foot and mouth disease is caused by?

Answer 14

Coxsackie or enterovirus

Question 15

Glandular fever is caused by

Answer 15

Epstein barr virus transmitted insaliva

Question 16

What is Eczema herpeticum

Answer 16

superinfected ecxema with herpes simplex

Question 17

Eczema herpeticum Management?

Answer 17

Rapid commencement of IV acyclovir (+ IV flucloxacillin)

Question 18

Measles are spread via

Answer 18

Respiratory droplets

Question 19

Measles resolves in ___ days in uncpmplicated disease

Answer 19

7-10

Question 20

Common complications of measles?

Answer 20

Bronchopneumonia. otitis media

Question 21

Rare complications of measles?

Answer 21

Encephalitis, hepatitis, pericarditis, ilecocolitis