Responding to symptoms of ear, nose and throat Flashcards

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Sore throat

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  • Only 5% go to GP & mostly due to viral infection
  • Self limiting with cold symptoms - no cold symptoms cause of worry
  • Antibiotics makes no difference
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Ask about age when presented with cold symptoms

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  • School age more likely to get strep and young children are more likely to get croup
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Duration of sore throat question

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  • Usually only lasts a week longer than that may need a refferal
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Severity questions

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  • Extreamly painful after 24-48hrs when other symptoms of cold are not present refferal
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Other symptoms with the sore throat

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  • Cough cold ache pain with difficulty swallowing and horseness of voice reffer
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Current conditions sore throat

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  • Steroid, carbimazole and immunosupressants
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Laryngitis

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  • Babies and young children leading to croup
  • Difficulty breathing stridor sore throat and loss of voice
  • long time could be cancer
  • Glandular fever severe sore throat and dysphagia
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OTC treatment for sore throat

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  • Paracetamol iboprophen and asprin
  • Anti-inflammatory anesthetics antiseptic lozenges and spray (strepsils)
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Peritonsil abcess

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  • One side of the tonsil is swollen closing throat inability to breath
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Red cheeks for children

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  • Scarlet fever
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Oral candidisis

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  • Infection in the mouth and the tounge with white patches
  • Leaves red spots after cottage cheese like
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When do you usually get oral thrush

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  • After antibiotics in adults or inhaled corticosteroids
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Oral thrush accompany symptoms

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  • Babies don’t want feed may have a nappy rash
  • Cracks at corners of mouth
  • Unplesent taste difficult to eat and drink with pain
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Treatment for oral thrush

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  • Miconazole antifungal 4 times daily twice a day for younger
  • Interacts with warfrin and statins
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