Symptoms Flashcards

1
Q

Cause of vertigo

A

Mismatch between eye sensory input and ears vestibular input

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2
Q

Causes of peripheral (vestibular) vertigo (6)

A
  • benign paroxysmal positional vertigo
  • Ménière’s disease
  • vestibular neuritis
  • labyrinthitis
  • acoustic neuroma
  • trauma
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3
Q

Causes of central (brainstem/cerebellar) vertigo

A
  • stroke

- MS

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4
Q

Peripheral vertigo Mx

A

Prochloperazine + antihistamines

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5
Q

Where is Little’s area and why is it most often affected by epistaxis

A
  • frontal nasal cavity

- contains lots of blood vessels

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6
Q

Nasal packing in 10-15 is

A

Rhino’s

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7
Q

Nasal cautery in 10-15

A

Silver nitrate sticks

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8
Q

What is naseptin made of and when is it given

A
  • chlorehixidine + neomycin

- prevents crusting/infection/inflammation

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9
Q

Noise in tinnitus is produced by

A

Cochlea

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10
Q

1ry tinnitus

A

No obv cause

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11
Q

Causes of 2ry tinnitus

A
  • ear infection
  • Ménière’s disease
  • acoustic neuroma
  • MS
  • trauma
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12
Q

Drugs that can cause 2ry tinnitus

A
  • gentamicin

- loop diuretics

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13
Q

Definition & examples of objective tinnitus

A
  • observed with stethoscope

- aortic/carotid artery stenosis

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