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| cartilage and skin of external ear that collects sound waves |
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| middle ear is and air-filled cavity separated from the external ear by TM |
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Headache Triggering Foods
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| alochol, avocado, bacon, bananas, canned figs, chicken livers, chocolate, citrus fruits, herring, hot dogs, processed meats, MSG, nuts, onions, sunflower seeds, Tea and coffee, yogurt |
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| Dizziness-feeling of faintness; Vertigo-things are spinning |
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| yellowish-green discharge |
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| Foreign Body or chronic sinusitis |
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| foul-smelling, unilateral discharge |
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| trauma, neoplasm, or fungal disease |
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| place 2 fingers near ear and plapate for movement, tenderness, and discomfort |
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| sclera is visible; eyes opened big |
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| is white and slighty a darker shade in colored people; tiny black dots in dark pigmented and slight yellow in whites |
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| P-pupils are, E-equal, R-round and, R-react to, L-light and, A-ccomodation |
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| performed if the corneal light reflex is assymetric |
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| pinna is located below the external corner of the eye; congenital syndromes like Down Syndrome |
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| ear is angled more than 10 degrees from a vertical position |
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| disfigured auricle resulting repeated of minor or major trauma |
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| Dark Red and swollen, most common from direct trauma like an accident or sport; child abuse suspected too |
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| whitish yellow nontender nodule at helix(top of ear); contain uric acid crystals and sign of gout |
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| nodule usually behind ear in postauracle fold; very painful if infected |
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| whisper monosyllabic (ball) and disyllabic (baseball) words and ask to repeat |
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| use tuner's fork on top of skull in middle and ask which ear they hear sound out of loudest |
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| uses a tuning fork also; abnormal when bone conduction is longer than air conduction=hearing loss; AC>BC is sensorineural hearing loss |
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| Uvula in Asians and Native Americans |
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| Normal Palpations of Thyroid |
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| small, smooth, soft, gland move freely while swallowing, nontender |
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Preacuricular N's=in front of ears
Posterior Superficial Cervical Chain N's=on neck |
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| 2nd MC, young women more likely, starts w/ aura caused by vasospasm of intracranial arteries |
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| most painful of headaches; adolescence to middle age; 30 minutes to 1 hr and repeat daily for weeks; "burning" "boring" "stabbing" |
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| MCtype; 20-40 yrs; frontal, temporal, occipital, parietal; very gradual and days lasting |
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| accumulation of CSF (cerebrospinal fluid) |
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| cross-eyed; esotropia=inward; exotropia=outward |
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| cloudy white spot over pupil; denaturation of lens protein |
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| leading cause of blindness in working ?Americans caused by diabetes mellitus |
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open-angle=loss of peripheral vision
close-angle=sharp eye pain and halo around lights |
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| OME(effusion)- inflammation of middle ear space resulting in serous fluid in middle ear w/ no fever or pain |
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| interferemce of AC to middle ear; results from blockage of external auditory canal, problems w. TM, or problems with ME(middle ear) |
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| Sensorineural Hearing Loss |
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| structural changes, disorders IE, or problems w/auditory nerve; 90% of hearing loss causes; presbycusis |
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| MCC of SNHLcaused by atropbhy & deterioration of cells in cochlea or atrophy |
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| bleeding of nose; 60% of individuals; caused from forceful sneezing, trauma, pickin nose, or heavy exertion |
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| inflammation of nasal mucosa/turbinates(may appear pale or darker red; inhaling an allergy like dust or mold |
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| occur in lip, oral cavity, or oropharynx; white patches may be seen, painless nonhealing ulcers, bleeding, loosening of teeth, diff wearin dentures, diff swallowing |
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| fungal infection of the nail plate caused by tinea unguium |
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