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Extremely severe headaches suggest
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Subarachnoid hemorrhage or meningitis
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A blind spot in the field of vision
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scotoma
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Flashing lights or new vitreous floaters suggest
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detachment of vitreous from retina
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hyperopia
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difficulty with close work
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myopia
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visual images focus in front of the retina (near-sightedness)
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Some factors that may cause Diplopia
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lesion in brainstem or cerebellum
weakness or paralysis of extraocular muscles |
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horizontal diplopia
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CN III or VI
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vertical diplopia
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CN III or IV
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sensorineural hearing loss
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trouble understanding speech, complain that others mumble, noisy environment may help
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otitis media
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usually assoc with infection of inner ear and symptoms of resp infection
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Meniere's Disease
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Tinnitus assoc with hearing loss and vertigo
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Tinnitus
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a musical ringing or a rushing or roaring noise that has no external stimuli
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symptoms of streptococcal pharyngitis
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Fever, pharyngeal exudates, and anterior lymphadenopathy, especially in the absence of cough
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Aphthous ulcers
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A sore smooth tongue due to nutritional deficiency
Tx with topical steroids |
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Causes of chronic hoarseness
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TB, tumors, hypothyroidism, smoking, allergy
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commonly accompanies pharyngitis
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enlarged tender lymph nodes
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symptoms of hypothyroidism
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Intolerance to cold, preference for warm clothing and decreased sweating
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symptoms of hyperthyroidism
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palpitations, involuntary weight loss, increased sweating
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Legally blind is considered when
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vision in the better eye, corrected by glasses is 20/200 or less.
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These conditions affect the optic nerve and enlarge the blind spot
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glaucoma
optic neuritis papilledema |
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Grave's disease affects the eyes in this way
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abnormal protrusion
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What is Miosis
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constriction of the pupils
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What is mydriasis
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dilation of the pupils
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Anisocoria
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Pupillary inequality of less than 0.5 mm
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Nystagmus
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a fine rhythmic oscillation of the eyes
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what may cause an unconjugate left lateral gaze (left infranuclear ophthalmoplegia)
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paralysis of the CN VI
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a small yellowish elevation situated near the inner or outer margins of the cornea and occurring especially in people of advanced age
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pinguecula
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a triangular fleshy mass of thickened conjunctiva occurring usually at the inner side of the eyeball, covering part of the cornea, and causing a disturbance of vision
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pterygium
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swelling of the blind spot of the eye caused by edema
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papilledema
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an inflamed swelling of a sebaceous gland at the margin of an eyelid
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Sty or hordeolum
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the marginal region of the cornea of the eye by which it is continuous with the sclera
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limbus
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excessive growth of hair of normal or abnormal distribution
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hirsutism
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paralysis of the facial nerve producing distortion on one side of the face
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Bell's palsy
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irregular brownish or blackish spots especially on the face that occur sometimes in pregnancy
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Chloasma
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a chronic inflammatory disorder involving especially the skin of the nose, forehead, and cheeks
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Rosacea
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a localized swelling and inflammation of the skin resulting from usually bacterial infection of a hair follicle and adjacent tissue, having a hard central core, and forming pus
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Furuncle or Boil
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diffuse and especially subcutaneous inflammation of connective tissue
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cellulitis
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a disease (as athlete's foot) of the skin or skin derivatives that is caused by a dermatophyte
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dermatophytosis
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a disorder inherited as an autosomal dominant trait and characterized by brown spots on the skin,
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neurofibromatosis
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abnormal dryness of a body part or tissue (as the skin or conjunctiva
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xerosis
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a chronic skin disease characterized by circumscribed red patches covered with white scales
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psoriasis
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an acute contagious staphylococcal or streptococcal skin disease characterized by vesicles, pustules, and yellowish crusts
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impetigo
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a fungal infection involving parts of the body not covered with hair -- called also body ringworm
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tinea corporis
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small bluish white dots surrounded by a reddish zone that appear on the mucous membrane of the cheeks and lips before the appearance of the skin eruption in a case of measles
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Koplik's spots
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an acute contagious disease that is milder than typical measles but is damaging to the fetus when occurring early in pregnancy
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Rubella
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a neoplastic disease that is characterized by progressive enlargement of lymph nodes, spleen, and liver and by progressive anemia
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Hodgkin's disease
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an acute infectious disease associated with Epstein-Barr virus and characterized by fever, swelling of lymph, nodes, and lymphocytosis and spleenomegaly
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mononucleosis
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a headache that is characterized by severe unilateral pain in the eye or temple
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cluster headache
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recurrent usually unilateral severe headache often accompanied by nausea and vomiting and followed by sleep
Classic migrane is assoc. with an Aura(visual or neurologic symptoms) |
migraine headache
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headache marked by mild to moderate pain of variable duration that affects both sides of the head and is typically accompanied by contraction of neck and scalp muscles
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Tension headache
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dimness of sight especially in one eye without apparent change in the eye structures
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amblyopia
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a syndrome marked by sinking in of the eyeball, miosis, ptosis,and anhidrosis of the face, caused by paralysis of the cervical sympathetic nerve fibers on the affected side
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Horner's syndrome
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a disease of the eye marked by increased pressure within the eyeball that can result in damage to the optic disk and gradual loss of vision
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Glaucoma
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What are the assoc. symptoms of Giant Cell Arteritis
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often assoc. with polymyalgia rheumatica, presents with sever headaceh, may present with visual loss, fever, fatigue,anorexia
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