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Xerostomia - main aetiology?
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Iatrogenic
Salivary gland diseases Dehydration Other (psychological, mouthbreathing, etc) |
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Drugs causing xerostomia?
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Antihistamines
Anti-depressants HAART Appetite suppressants |
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Salivary gland diseases that cause xerostomia?
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Aplasia
Sjögren syndrome, sarcoidosis, HIV disease, hepatitis C, primary biliary cirrhosis, cystic fibrosis, amyloidosis, haemochromatosis |
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Causes of Dehydration for xerostomia?
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•Diabetes mellitus
•Diabetes insipidus •Renal failure •Haemorrhage |
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Xerostomia – oral complications
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Dental caries,
Candidiasis Bacterial sialadenitis •Atrophy of filiform papillae •Angular cheilitis |
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Examples of bacterial and viral Salivary gland infections?
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Bacterial: Sialadenitis
Viral: mumps, HIV, hepatitis C |
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Bacterial sialadenitis is mixed infection. T/F?
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true
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Bacterial sialadenitis - management?
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Flucloxacillin
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Mumps - clinical features
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Pain, swelling of the parotid gland (unilateral or bilateral)
Trismus and cervical lymphadenopathy Malaise, headache and pyrexia |
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Mindline Neck Swellings possible causes?
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Goitre (hypo or hyper thyroidism)
Thyroid cancer (papillary, follicular, medullary carcinoma) Thyroglossal duct cyst Dermoid cyst Plunging ranula |
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causes of Lateral Neck Swellings/Lesions?
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Sialadenitis of submandibular
pleomorphic adenoma adenoid cystic carcinoma warthin tumour lymphoid hyperplasia Glandular fever (infectious mononucleosis) Lymphoma Metatstatic carcinoma Tuberculosis Sarcoidosis Branchial Cleft Cyst Epidermoid cyst Lipoma Mesenchymal tumour |
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Iatrogenic causes of xerostomia?
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Drugs
Cancer therapy GVHD |
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Name salivary diseases that cause xerostomia
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Salivary Aplasia
Sjogren syndrome, sarcoidosis, HIV disease, hepatitis C, primary biliary cirrhosis, cystic fibrosis, amyloidosis, haemochromatosis |
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Causes of dehydration that causes xerostomia?
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Diabetes mellitus
Diabetes insipidus Renal failure Haemorrhage |
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What are the oral complications of xerostomia?
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Dental caries
Candidiasis Bacterial sialadenitis Atrophy of filiform papillae Angular chelitis |
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What are the methods of investigating Xerostomia?
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History
Salivary function test (Sialometry) Eye test Urine Blood Biopsy |
