Respiratory conditions EPIGLOTTITIS

Question 1

WHAT IS EPIGLOTTITIS

Answer 1

INFLAMMATION OF THE EPIGLOTTIS AND NEARBY STRUCTURES.

Question 2

WHAT ARE THE NEARBY STRUCTURES THAT CAN BECOME INFLAMED WITH EPIGLOTTITIS

Answer 2

ARYTENOIDS
ARYEPIGLOTTIC FOLDS
VALLECULA

Question 3

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS

Answer 3

FEVER
SORE THROAT
DIFFICULTY AND PAIN SWALLOWING
VISIBLE EPIGLOTTIS
BREATHING DIFFICULTIES
ABNORMALLY HIGH PITCHED BREATHING (STRIDOR)

FEVER
MUFFLED HOARSE VOICE
DROOLING

COUGHING IS UNCOMMON.

Question 4

WHEN MAY BREATHING DIFFICULTIES IMPROVE WITH EPIGLOTTITIS ?

Answer 4

WHEN THE PATIENT IS LEANING FORWARD (TRIPOD)

Question 5

WHAT IS AN UNCOMMON SYMPTOM WITH EPIGLOTTIS

Answer 5

COUGHING

Question 6

WHAT ARE THE MOST COMMON SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF EPIGLOTTITIS IN CHILDREN

Answer 6

BREATHING AND SWALLOWING DIFFICULTIES

PROTRUDING TONGUE

DROOLING

STRIDOR

HOARSE VOICE

TOXAEMIA - TOXINS IN THE BLOOD STREAM

Question 7

WHAT IS TOXAEMIA

Answer 7

TOXINS IN THE BLOOD STREAM

Question 8

HOW LONG DO SYMPTOMS OF TO EPIGLOTTITIS PERSIST

Answer 8

UP TO A WEEK

Question 9

TYPICAL CAUSES OF EPIGLOTTITIS

Answer 9

HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B (HIB)

MAY ALSO BE CAUSED BY STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES AND SIMILAR BACTERIA