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| Refers to any inflammation of the middle ear and encompasses a variety of clinical conditions |
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| A collection of fluid in the middle ear |
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| Otitis media with effusion |
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| Most serious cause of referred ear pain: |
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| Nasopharyngeal cancer. Presents most commonly in people of asian descent. |
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| What questions would you ask to differentiate ear infection? |
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How old are you?
Have you had fever?
Have you had an upper respiratory infection?
Have you had ear infections before?
Is there a family history of ear infections? |
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| What is a high fever with accompanying otitis likely to indicate? |
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| A systemic illness such as pneumonia or meningitis |
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| Can result in anatomical changes to the TM and middle ear ossicles. |
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| May be related to parenting practices such as bottle-propping or second hand smoke |
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| _____ predisposes adults to malignant otitis media |
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| If ear pain is bilateral expect_____ |
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| More common in older adults and often produces a painful rash with vesicles in, on, or around one's ear: |
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| chronic ear pain that is unresponsive to treatment may indicate: |
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| Often described as severe pain lasting a few minutes and recurring three or four times per day, sometimes assiciated with a headache. |
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| Worse in the morning due to night time teeth grinding. |
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| Caused by an increased vascular pressure in the reclined position, which causes the TM to bulge and to stimulate pain sensation |
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| Nocturnal onset of otalga from a developing infection |
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| Can cause paroxysmal pain of the fact r/t minimal stimulation like tooth brushing, cold air, or grimmacing |
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| Herpes zoster of the trigeminal nerve |
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| Could be from malignant otitis extera, exudate secondary to mastoiditis, or ruptured TM |
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| An epidermal inclusion cyst of the middle ear or mastoid |
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| During the weber test, sound will lateralize to the ear with hearing loss when there is: |
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| unilateral conductive hearing loss because the better ear will be distracted by ambient noise. |
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| Compares air conduction with bone conduction in hearing |
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| Ratio of bone conduction to air conduction should be what in the Rinne test? |
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