viral resp tract infections

Question 1

Causes of the common cold

Answer 1

Rhinovirus, Coronavirus

Question 2

Complications of the common cold

Answer 2

otitis media and sinusitis

Question 3

what in pharyngitis would indicate that it was a viral infection

Answer 3

if the patient had nasal symptoms

Question 4

name a virus that commonly causes pharyngitis

Answer 4

adenovirus, rhinovirus, influenza, parainfluenza

Question 5

name a characteristic symptoms of Croup

Answer 5

barking, distinctive cough

Question 6

name the main causes of croup

Answer 6

parainfluenza viruses 1-4

Question 7

What happens in bronchiolitis

Answer 7

bronchioles become inflamed due to viral infection, mucous then begins to fill the bronchioles as a consequence with the airways becoming congested and breathing becoming increasingly more difficult.
Children develop a wheeze and become tachycardic

Question 8

what is the most common cause of bronchiolitis

Answer 8

RSV

Question 9

list symptoms of flu

Answer 9

headache, runny/stuffy nose, sore throat, myalgia, cough, vomiting, diarrhoea, malaise, fever (usually high)

Question 10

Common complications of flu include

Answer 10

acute otitis media, sinusitis, pneumonia, bronchitis

Question 11

Name some risk factors for developing flu

Answer 11

extremes of age, immunoscompromised, obese, DM, pregnant,