Lecture 3.1 HEENT (3%) Flashcards
What are the 3 types of headaches?
Migraine, tension, and cluster
Describe migraine headaches
1) Often has prodrome, frequently a visual aura
2) Can include spark photopsia, fortifications, scotomas
3) Frequent family history; MC in women
Describe tension headaches
“Bandlike” headache; feels like squeezing
Describe cluster headaches
1) Severe HA, behind the eyes
2) Comes in “clusters” of HA for weeks at a time
3) MC in men
Secondary headaches can also occur; what are the 2 most worrisome causes of those?
Intracranial hemorrhage and meningitis
Describe whether tension headaches, migraines, and cluster headaches are bilateral, bifrontal, global, or unilateral.
1) Tension headaches usually bilateral.
2) Migraines 70% unilateral; 30% of the time bifrontal or global. Throbbing or aching, usually not less than moderate. accompanied by aura in up to 30%.
3) Cluster usually unilateral and behind eye or temple.
1) Out of tension headaches, migraines, and cluster headaches, which can last up to 3 days?
2) Which is/ are unilateral?
3) List them in order from slow to fast onset
1) Migraines
2) Migraines and cluster headaches
3) Tension, migraines, cluster
What can headaches (HA) with associated with fever, night sweats, or weight loss be due to?
1) Cancer or TB (sweats, weight loss)
2) Meningitis (fever)
1) What can a sudden onset “thunderclap” headache be a sign of?
2) What can a headache and recent head trauma be a sign of?
1) SA hemorrhage
2) Bleeding
What are the 7 concerning headache (HA) complaints?
1) Progressively frequent or severe over 3-month period
2) Sudden onset “thunderclap”
-SA hemorrhage
3) New recurrent headaches after 50 years old
4) Associated with fever, night sweats, or weight loss
-cancer or TB (sweats, weight loss)
-meningitis (fever)
5) Recent head trauma
-bleeding
6) Change in pattern from past headaches
7) Associated papilledema, neck stiffness, or focal neurologic signs
1) What can trouble with close work indicate?
2) What can trouble with far distance indicate?
1) Hyperopia (farsightedness) or Presbyopia (aging vision)
2) Myopia (nearsightedness)
If a pt has sudden, unilateral, and painless vision loss, what is often the cause? Give examples
Often vascular:
1) Retinal vein occlusion
2) Central retinal artery occlusion
3) Vitreous hemorrhage (DM, trauma)
4) Retinal detachment
If a pt has sudden, unilateral, painful vision loss, what should you be thinking of? Give examples
Cornea and anterior chamber:
1) Acute angle closure glaucoma
2) Corneal ulcer
3) Uveitis
4) Traumatic hyphema
5) Optic neuritis (MS)
If a pt has sudden, bilateral, painless vision loss, what should you be thinking of?
Vascular: Giant cell arteritis (although! usually unilateral and somewhat painful)
If a pt has sudden, bilateral, painful vision loss, what should you be thinking of? (2 things)
1) Radiation
2) Chemical exposure
What are 3 causes of gradual vision loss?
Cataracts, macular degeneration, glaucoma
What are 2 causes of slow and central vision loss?
Macular degeneration and nuclear cataract
What is a cause of peripheral vision loss?
Advanced open-angle glaucoma
What are the two types of specks in vision?
1) Moving: “floaters”
2) Fixed: “scotomas” due to retinal lesions or lesions in visual pathway
What are two causes of painless redness of the eyes?
1) Subconjunctival hemorrhage
2) Viral conjunctivitis
What are 4 causes of painful red eye?
Acute angle closure glaucoma, herpes keratitis, FB (foreign body), uveitis
What does a patient complaining of “flashing lights” and new floaters in their vision suggest?
Vitreous detachment
1) What does diplopia mean?
2) What are some causes?
1) Double vision
2)
-Lesions of brainstem or cerebellum
-Weakness of extra-ocular muscles
-Lesion in cranial nerves (3, 4, 6)
-Lens deformity
-Physiologic cause
What should you ask a pt about vision loss?
Timing, character, location, etc. (7 attributes of a symptom)
What are the two types of hearing loss? What’s the difference?
Sensorineural: neurological
Conductive: blockage
Describe the abilities of people with sensorineural hearing loss and conductive hearing loss to hear in noisy environments
1) Sensorineural: difficulty with lots of background noise
2) Conductive: noisiness may actually help patients understand distinct sounds – like speech
What associated symptoms of hearing loss should you pursue? List why you should pursue each
1) Is there pain? Dizziness? Vertigo? Medications?
-Aminoglycosides in particular are ototoxic
2) Is their discharge?
-Otitis externa, or chronic otitis media that has perforated
3) Is there ringing in the ear?
-This + dizziness = Meniere’s (most likely)
Dizziness is nonspecific; what two terms should you use instead? Define them
1) Lightheadedness: presyncope
2) Vertigo: spinning sensation (patient or surroundings)
What are the two types of vertigo? What are the causes of each?
1) Central: cerebral vascular disease (stroke), brainstem lesion, posterior fossa tumor, or maybe just migraine
2) Peripheral vertigo may by BPPV, vestibular neuritis, labyrinthitis, Meniere’s disease
1) What are some causes of rhinorrhea?
2) What two things should you consider when trying to find the cause of rhinorrhea?
1) Viral infection, allergic rhinitis (usually with pruritis), vasomotor rhinitis
2)
-Timing: seasonal = allergies
-Setting: drug-induced may pertain to decongestants, cocaine use
URI that gets worse could be due to what?
Bacterial sinusitis (rhinosinusitis)
1) What should you consider if a pt has unilateral congestion?
2) What are some other potential causes of congestion?
1) Deviated septum, polyp, carcinoma
2) Drug-induced (Afrin)
1) Define epistaxis
2) What should you consider when evaluating the causes of epistaxis?
1) Nosebleed
2)
-Ant. Or post.? The latter tends to move down the throat
-Differentiate from hemoptysis and hematemesis
-Chronic? Consider med list: anticoagulants, NSAIDS. Also consider coagulopathy, AV malformation
What are 3 causes of sore throats?
Strep pharyngitis, epiglottitis, abscess
What are 2 causes of sore tongues?
Aphthous ulcers, nutritional deficiency
What are 3 causes of bleeding gums?
Gingivitis, platelet disorder, coagulopathy
1) How would you describe hoarseness?
2) What are some potential causes of hoarseness?
1) Husky, rough, harsh, lower-pitched speech
2) Laryngitis, trauma, CA, hypothyroidism, reflux, vocal cord nodules
What are some causes of enlarged neck? What is one negative thing one of those causes could indicate?
Think lymph nodes or thyroid: goiter could indicate hyper/hypo thyroid, or neither