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primary or secondary headaches are dangerous?
secondary. Primary headaches have no identifi-able underlying cause. Secondaryheadaches arise from other conditions—some of these mayendanger the patient’s life.
two most important attributes of a headache?
severity and chronologic pattern
If headache is severe and of sud-den onset, consider which two conditions?
subarachnoid hemorrhage or meningitis.
which two types of headaches are episodic and tend to peak over several hours. New and persisting, progressively severe headaches raise concerns of tumor, abscess, or mass lesion.
Migraine and tension
uni or bilateral headaches in migrain and cluster?
unilateral
Tension headaches often arise in the ____ areas
temporal
cluster headaches may arise in which region?
retro-orbital
___ and ___ are common with migraine but also occur with brain tumors and subarachnoid hemorrhage.
Nausea and vomiting
what percent of peeps with migraines have a prodrome?
60-70
prior to a migraine, ____ % experience an aura, including photophobia, scintillating scotomata, or reversible visual andsensory symptoms.
20 percent
Such maneuvers may increase pain from what two conditions?
brain tumor and acute sinusitis.
In patients with chronic daily headache taking symptomatic medications more than 2 days a week, what should you consider?
Consider medication overuse
family history may be positive for persons with which type of headache?
migraine
Hearing loss may also be congenital,from ___ gene mutations.
single
Try to distinguish between two basic types of hearing impairment, which are?
conductive loss, which results from problems in the external or middle ear, and sensorineural loss, from problems in the inner ear, the cochlear nerve, or itscentral connections in the brain.
what does conductive hearing loss result from?
from problems in the external or middle ear
what does sensorineural hearing loss result from?
rom problems in the inner ear, the cochlear nerve, or itscentral connections in the brain
noisy environments may help in what type of hearing loss?
conductive
name 5 medications that can affect hearing?
aminoglycosides, aspirin,NSAIDs, quinine, furosemide
earache w/o an associated respiratory system points to what condition?
otitis externa
what is Meniere disease?
hearing loss, tinnitus, and vertigo resulting from nonsuppurative disease of the labyrinth with edema
tinnitus, hearing loss, vertigo suggests what disease?
Meniere's
cranial nerve possibly affected in vertigo?
CN VIII
how is dizzy in the legs different from true vertigo?
it might be a cardiovascular issue, rather than an actual verstibular CN VIII issue.
in looking at rhinnorhea, itching points to what cause?
allergies
what is rhinitis medicamentosa?
excessive use of decongestants worsening symptoms
what 3/4 symptoms are involved in acute bacterial sinusitis?
1. URI 2. pain on bending / painful sinuses / maxillary toothache 3. fever 4. headache
four drugs causing stuffiness?
Oral contraceptives, reserpine,guanethidine, and alcohol
unilateral congestion indicates what 3 things?
deviated nasal septum,foreign body, or tumor.
definition of epistaxis
bleeding nose
5 causes of epistaxis?
1. trauma (especially nose picking), 2. inflammation, 3. drying and crustingof the nasal mucosa, 4. tumors, and 5. foreign bodies.
sore throat usually comes with what
Acute UR symptoms
Fever, pharyngeal exudates, and anterior lymphadenopathy, especially in the absence of cough, suggest what?
streptococcal pharyngitis, or strep throat
streptococcal pharyngitis, or strep throat has what symptoms?
1) fever. 2) pahryngeal exudates 3) anterior lymphadenopathy 4) usually no cough
what causes bleeding gums?
gingivitis
most likely cause of hoarseness?
Overuse of the voice (as in cheer-ing) and acute infections
6 Causes of chronic hoarseness include
1. smoking, 2. allergy, 3. voice abuse, 4. hypothyroidism, 5. chronic infections such as tuberculosis, and 6. tumors.
don’t say lymph to laymens, say what?
lumps or glands. Bates is rude. 'because patients are more familiar with the lay terms than with “lymph nodes."'
pharyngitis is commonly accompanied by what?
swoll lymph nodes
More than a ___ of adults older than 65 years have detectable hearing deficits, contributing to emotional isolation and social withdrawal.
third
5 groups at risk for hearing loss?
Groups at risk are those with a 1. history of congenital or familial hear-ing loss, 2. syphilis, 3. rubella, 4. meningitis, or 5. exposure to hazardous noise levels at work or on the battlefield.
up to ___ of all children 5 to 17 years have from one to eight cavities
half
heaverage U.S. adult has ___ to ____ teeth that are decayed, missing, or filled.
10 to 17
gingivitis prevalence
50 percent
periodontal disease prevalence
80 percent
In the United States, more than ___ of all adults older than 65 years have no teeth at all!
half
4 signs of periodontal disease
(bleeding, pus,recession of the gums, and bad breath).
oral ulcers and leukoplakia, are warning signs of what?
warning signs for oral cancer and HIV disease
Fine hair accompanies hyp_thyroidism. coarse hair is found with hyp_thyroidism.
er, o
Hirsutism (excessive facial hair)occurs in some women with what?
polycystic ovary syndrome.
Redness and scaling on scalp may indicate what two conditions?
seborrheic dermatitis, psoriasis
soft lumps on the scalp may be what?
pilar cysts, (wens)
Enlarged skull may signify what two diseases?
hydrocephalus or Paget’s disease of bone.
Tenderness or step-offs are common after ____.
trauma.
The ear canal curves inward and is approximately __ mm long.
24 mm
Behind and below the ear canal is the mastoid part of the ____ bone.
temporal
The lowest portion of this bone, the mastoid process, is palpable behind the lobule.
temporal
In a normal person, air conduction is MORE/LESS sensitive than bone conduction.
more
Movement of the auricle and tragus (the “tug test”) is painful in what condition?
acute otitis externa
Tenderness behind the ear may be present in otitis ____.
media.
Is otitis media bothered by the tug test?
no.
what are nonmalignant overgrowths, which may obscure the drum.
exostoses. Nontender nodular swellings covered by normal skin deep in the earcanals.
In acute otitis externa, the canal is often what 3 or 4 things?
1 swollen, narrowed, 2 moist, 3 pale, and 4 tender. It may be 3 reddened.
In ____ otitis externa, the skin ofthe canal is often thickened, red,and itchy.
chronic
An unusually prominent shortprocess and a prominent handle that looks more horizontal suggest a _______ drum.
retracted
what three conditions may reduce mobility of the TM?
A 1. serous effusion, a 2. thickened drum, or 3. purulent otitis media
range of human speech?
300 to 3000 Hz
two tuning forks mentioned in bates?
512 1024 (lower than this leads to overestimation and over vibration through bone conduction)
In unilateral conductive hearing loss, sound is heard in (lateralized to) the good/bad ear.
bad
In unilateral sensorineural hearing loss, sound is heard in (lateralized to) the good/bad ear.
good
testing for lateralization is aka which test?
Weber
The rinne test compares what?
AC and BC
is AC normally > BC?
yes
is AC or BC greater in sensorineural hearing loss?
AC > BC
is AC or BC greater in conductive hearing loss?
BC = or > AC
The nasolacrimal duct drains into which meatus? This is below which turbinate?
inferior for both
into the middle meatus drain most of the ____ sinuses. Their openings are not usually visible.
paranasal
which sinuses are readily accessible to clinical examination?
frontal/maxillary
Tenderness of the nasal tip or alae suggests local infection such as a what?.
furuncle.
deviation of the lower septum suggests what?
nothing normal.
In ___ rhinitis the mucosa is reddened and swollen; in _____ rhinitis it may be pale, bluish, or red.
viral, allergic
Causes of septal perforation include what three things?
1. trauma, 2. surgery, and 3. the intranasal use of cocaine or amphetamines.
Local tenderness to frontal and max sinuses, together with symptoms such as pain, fever, and nasal discharge, suggest what?
acute sinusitis
acute sinusitis comes with what four pieces?
1. Local tenderness to frontal and max sinuses, 2. pain, 3. fever, and 4. nasal discharge
what does a missing tonsil in an adult indicate?
nothing normal.
stensons's duct is a what?
parotid duct
whartons' duct is a what?
submandibular duct underneath the tongue
stensons' duct appears behind which tooth?
2nd molar
denture sore mouth comes with what two pieces?
ulcers or papillary granulation tissue
the gums have a black line in which condition?
lead poisoning
asymmetric protrusion of the tongue is what CN?
CN XII
mouth cancer is more common on the lip or tongue?
lip
tongue cancer most common on side or base?
side
in CN __ paralysis the soft palate fails to rise and the uvula deviates to the opposite side.
X
in CN X paralysis the soft palate fails to rise and the uvula deviates to the ____ side.
opposite side of lesion
boundaries of the anterior triangle
the mandible above, the sternomastoid laterally, and the midline of the neck medially
boundaries of the posterior triangle
the sternomastoid muscle, the trapezius, and the clavicle.
in the post triangle, Note that a portion of the ____ muscle crosses the lower portion of this triangle and can be mistaken for a lymph node or mass.
omohyoid
which vessel passes over the SCM?
ext jugular
Enlargement of a supraclavicular node, especially on the right/left, suggests possible metastasis from a thoracic or an abdominal malignancy.
left
inflammation vs malignancy in a node is what difference?
tenderness vs hardness respectively
Diffuse lymphadenopathy raises the suspicion of what?
HIV or AIDS.
what is a general termfor an enlarged thyroid gland.
goiter
If the thyroid gland is enlarged, what should you do next?
listen over the lateral lobes with a stethoscope to detect a bruit, (as in hyperthyroidism)
consistency of thyroid in Graves’ disease?
soft
consistency of thyroid in Hashimoto’s thyroiditis/malignancy?
firm