Otitis

Question 1

What is the name for an acute Otitis Externa that is caused by water/ear cleaning that has otalgia and otorrhea?

Answer 1

Swimmer’s ear

Question 2

What is the key pathogen for Swimmer’s ear?

Answer 2

P. aeruginosa

Question 3

What is caused by barotrauma, blunt trauma, infection, or sticking a sharp object in ear that is accompanied by audible whistling, decreased hearing, purulent fluid/bleeding from ear, painless if not infected, and/or vertigo?

Answer 3

Ruptured Tympanic Membrane

Question 4

What type of infection to the otitis externa has inflammation with pruritus?

Answer 4

Chronic otitis externa

Question 5

What is a fungal infection that is a variant to chronic OE and is a result of debris build-up?

Answer 5

Otomycosis

Question 6

What is a viral infection that has Early symptoms of burning pain in one ear, headache, malaise and fever and late symptoms of fascial paralysis?

Answer 6

Herpes Zoster Oticus

Question 7

What is the virus primarily causing Herpes Zoster Oticus?

Answer 7

Varicella zoster

Question 8

What syndrome is herpes zoster of the pinna with otalgia and facial paralysis?

Answer 8

Ramsey Hunt syndrome

Question 9

What condition is an Acute superficial cellulitis of the external ear with the skin being bright red; well-demarcated, advancing margin?

Answer 9

Erysipelas

Question 10

What is Inflammation of the middle ear that may involve inflammation of mastoid, petrous apex, and perilabyrinthine air cells?

Answer 10

Otitis media

Question 11

What type of Otitis Media shows signs <3 weeks?

Answer 11

Acute OM

Question 12

What type of Otitis Media shows signs of 3 weeks to 3 months?

Answer 12

Subacute OM

Question 13

What type of Otitis Media shows signs more than 3 months?

Answer 13

Chronic OM

Question 14

What age is more likely to have persistent Middle Ear Effusion?

Answer 14

<2 years old

Question 15

What Connects middle ear and nasopharynx?

Answer 15

Eustachian tube