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| inflammation of the sinuses, most often the maxillary and frontal sinuses |
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| sinusitis may be caused by |
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| bacteria, virus or a fungus |
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| follows obstruction of the lfow of scretions from the sinus |
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| causes of acute sinusitis |
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| allergic rhinits, deviated septum, nasal plyps, tumor,s airborne polluntats and inhaled drugs |
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| permanent thickening of the mucous membranes in the sinuses after repeated infections |
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| pain or feeling of heaviness over affected sinus, purulent drainage from nose, pain may seem like a toothe ache with maxillary processes |
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| potential complications of sinusitis |
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| meningitis, brain abscess, osteomylitis, orbital cellulitis |
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| initial treatment of sinusitis may focus on |
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| medications for sinusitis may include decongestants to _______ intranasal corticosteriods to ________ and analgesics to ____ |
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| promote drainage, decrease inflmmation, relieve pain |
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| antibiotics for acute sinusitis is usually prescribed for ____ and for chronic _____ |
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| underlying problems r/t sinusitis that might need surgery include |
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| polyps, deviated septum, hypertrophy of turbinates |
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| most common surger used for sinusitis that is not responsive to medical treatment |
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| functional endoscopic sinus surgery |
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| nasal bleeding and scaring, csf leakage and injury to the optic nerve |
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| after fess pt can return to work in |
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| swollen masses of sinus or nasal mucosa and connective tissue that extend to the nasal passage |
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| alergic rhinitis is also called |
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| allergic rhinitis is classified as |
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| intermitten or persistent |
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| allergic rhinitis is considered persisten when symptoms are present for more that |
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| 4 days a week for more than 4 weeks per year |
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| flows exposure to a substance that causes an allerig response |
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| an allergic response is a reaction to release of chemicals including histamine that cause |
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| vasodilation and increased capillary permeability |
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| most often caused by exposure to pollens |
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| itermittent allergic rhinitis |
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| sneezing watery and itchy eyes, nasal obstruction, clear nasal discharge, frontal headache |
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| drugs used to treat allergic rhinitis |
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| intranasal corticosteroids, oral/intranasal antihistamines |
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| acute viral coryza is spread by |
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| fever fatigue nasal discarge and sore throat |
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| common cold usually runs its course in apporx |
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| complications of common cold |
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| otitis media, sinusitis, bronchitis, pneumonia |
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| antihistamines, decongestants, antitussives and antipyretics |
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| antibiotics are not affective against infections caused by |
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| people with colds are most contagious during the first ______ after symptoms appear |
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| risk factors of tumor in the nose |
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| smoking, male, infected with human paillomavirus and certain occupations |
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| two major complications of submucosal resection |
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| tears of the septum and saddle deformity |
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| trauma, hypertension, low humidity, allergies, upper resp infections, foreign bodies, chemical irritants, overuse of decongestant nasal sprays, nasal surgery and tumors |
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| when epistaxis occurs pt should sit down and |
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| once epistaxis bleeding stops advise pt not to blow nose for several hours because this may |
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| complications r/t packing and ballons |
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| imparied breathing, infection and blockage of the eustachian tube |
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| inflammation of the mucous membranes of the throat or pharynx |
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| viral, bacterial or fungal |
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| fungla infections can develop with prologned |
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| antibiotic use or inhaled corticosteroids |
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| with pharygitis the throat appear ___ and tonsils may be |
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| compared with viral pharyngitis, bacterial pharyngitis has a more abrubt ____ and is characterized by |
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| onset. fever, enlarged lymph nodes, tonsillar exudat, absence of cough |
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| pharygitis is treated with |
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| rest, fluids, analgesics and throat gargles or irrigations |
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| the treatment of choice for pharngitis |
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| penicillin for pharyngitis is given for ____ to prevent complication of ____ fever |
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| inflammation of the tonsils and other lympatic tissue in the throat |
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| tonsilitis is usually caused by a ____ but can be caused by _____ |
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| to reduce the risk of pharygitis people with weakened resistance should avoid others with ______ infections |
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| sore throat, difficulty swalllowing, fever, bad breath, chills |
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| if swollen tissue blocks the eustachian tubes because of tonsillitis pain may be felt in the |
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| the medical treatment of tonsillitis depends on the |
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| may develop with streptococcla tonsilitis |
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| an infection of the tissue surroundign the tonsil |
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| a pt may suggest tosillitis when a pt is diagnosed with strept throat |
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| 7 or more times in a year |
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| hypertension and cardiac dysrhythmias |
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| inflammation of the larynx |
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| factors that lead to laryngitis |
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| upper resp infections, voice strain, smoking, alcohol ingestion, gastroesophageal reflux diseas, inhalation of irritating fumes |
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| chronic laryngitis is caused by prolonged |
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| hoarseness, cough and scratchy or painful throat |
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| absence of sound production |
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| an important aspect of treatment for chronic laryngitis is |
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| benign masses of fibrous tissue that result primarily from voeruse of the voice, but also can follow infections |
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| swollen mass of mucous membrane attached to the vocal cord |
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| causes of laryngeal plyps |
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| excessive talking, singing or irritation |
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| factors believed to predispose laryngeal cancer |
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| epxosrue to smoke or other noxious fumes, alcohol consumption, vocal strain, chronic larygitis |
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| early symptoms of cancer of the true vocal cords |
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| persistent hoarseness, sore throat and ear pain |
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| later signs of laryngeal cancer |
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| hemomptysis, difficulty swallowoing/breathing |
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| late signs of laryngeal cancer |
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| the voice can be preserved with |
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| hemilaryngectomy or supraglottic larygectomy |
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| causes permanent loss of natural voice |
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| radical neck dissection is the excision of the |
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| sternocledomastoid musckle, jugular vein, sub maxillary salivary gland and surrounding soft tissue |
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| a modified radical neck dissection spares the |
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| internal jugualr vein, major cervical lyphatic vessels, sympathetic, vagus and sminal accessory nerves |
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| a total laryngectomy involves removal of the entire |
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| larynx, vocal cords and epilogttis as well as supportive tissues |
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| complications of total laryngectom with radical neck dissection include |
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| salivary fistula, carotid artery rupture, tracheal stenosis |
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| s&S of aspiration pneumonia |
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| increased pulse and resp rates, dyspnea, cough, crackles and rhonchi, fever, wheezing and frothy pink sputum |
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