Eyes, Ears, Nose, Throat disorders Flashcards
On an eye exam you see copper and silver wire arterioles, and arteriovenous thickening
this is most common in what?
hypertenion retinopathy
on an eye exam, you see neovascularization,cotton-wool spots, microaneurysms
this is most common in what?
diabetic retinopathy
what is the treatment for acute bacterial rhinosinusitis?
amoxicillin for 5-7 days
what lymph nodes are swollen in patients with Group A strep?
symmetrical anterior lymph nodes
what lymph nodes are swollen in patients with mononucleosis ?
symmetrically posterior lymph nodes
what are the three big signs with mononucleosis?
fever, pharyngitis, and fatigue
what is the safety measure for patients who have mononucleosis?
Hepatosplenomegaly is the major concern.
NO earlier than 21 days after illness onset, no sports or high contact activity.
conductive hearing loss can be due to what?
cerumen impaction
ear plugs
fluid in middle ear
wearing of headphones
sensorineural hearing loss can be due to what?
inner ear, cranial nerve 8
could be due to noise exposure
noise exposure
meniere’s disease
acoustic tumors
weber test evaluates what?
hearing loss in one or both ears
how do you perform the weber test?
Strike the tuning fork and place the tuning fork on the forehead/or top of head. Ask the patient if they can hear the tuning fork sound equally in both ears or if it is heard louder in one ear than the other. Lateralization should be equal
In sensorineural hearing loss, the sound will lateralize to the unaffected ear, which means the tone will be heard louder in the good ear. (SU-sensorineural unaffected)
In conductive hearing loss, the sound will lateralize to the affected ear which means the tone will be heard better in the one having the hearing loss. (think CA-conductive affected ear)
how do you perform the rinne test?
Strike the tuning fork, and place the tuning fork on the mastoid bone behind the ear. Ask when the patient can no longer hear the sound, then move the tuning fork 1-2 cm away from the ear and ask again when they can no longer hear it.
In a positive rinne test: Air conduction is twice as long as bone conduction in a normal test.
In a negative rinne test: bone conduction is heard greater than air conduction.
glaucoma is caused by what?
increase in ocular pressure
which is worse to have, open-angel or closed-angel glaucoma?
closed angel glaucoma
Having symptoms of redness, pain, nausea/vomiting, and decrease vision, halos around light, pupils can be dilated are symptoms of what?
Angel-closure glaucoma
