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Primary Headaches

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No identifiable underlying cause

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Secondary Headaches

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Arise from other conditions

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If headache is severe and of sudden onset

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Subarachnoid hemorrhage or meningitis

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Episodic headaches that peak over several hours

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Migraine and Tension

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New and persisting, progressively severe headaches raise concern of…

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Tumor, abscess, mass lesions

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Unilateral headaches found in…

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Migraine and cluster headaches

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Tension headaches found in…

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Temporal areas

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Cluster headaches found in

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Retro-orbital areas

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9
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Associated symptoms of nausea and vomiting associated with…

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Migraines, brain tumors, subarachnoid hemorrhage

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Feelings of euphoria, food cravings, fatigue, or dizziness, aura, change in vision, numbness/weakness in arm or leg associated with…

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Migraines

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If coughing/sneezing/head position worsens headache it could be…

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Pain from brain tumor, acute sinusitis

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Pts. with chronic daily headaches taking symptomatic meds 2+ days per week might have…

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Medication overuse

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13
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Hyperopia

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Farsightedness (Difficulty seeing close up)

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Presbyopia

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Aging vision (impaired near vision)

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15
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Myopia

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Nearsightedness (problems with distance)

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Unilateral visual loss that is painless might suggest…

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Vitreous hemorrhage from diabetes or trauma, macular degeneration, retinal detachment, retinal vein occlusion, or central retinal artery occlusion

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Unilateral visual loss that is painful might suggest…

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Corneal ulcer, uveitis, traumatic hyphema, acute glaucoma, optic neuritis from MS

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Sudden and painless bilateral visual loss caused by…

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Medications that change refraction (i.e. cholinergics, anticholinergics, and steroids)

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Sudden and painful bilateral visual loss caused by…

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Chemical or radiation exposures

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20
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Gradual bilateral visual loss caused by…

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Cataracts, macular degeneration

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21
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Slow central visual loss caused by…

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Nuclear cataract, macular degeneration

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22
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Peripheral visual loss caused by…

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Advanced open-angle glaucoma

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One-sided visual loss caused by…

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Hemainopsia, quadrantic defects

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Visual field moving specks/strands suggest…

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Vitreous floaters

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Visual field fixed defects suggest…

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Lesions in the retina or visual pathways

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Flashing lights in visual field suggest…

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Detachment of vitreous from retina…should have prompt eye consultation

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27
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Diplopa arises from…

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Lesion in brainstem/cerebellum, weakness/paralysis of extraocular muscles

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28
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Horizontal diplopia due to palsy from CN…

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III or VI

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Vertial diplopia from palsy of CN…

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III or IV

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30
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Diplopia in one eye with the other eye closed suggests…

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Cornea/lens issue

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31
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Hearing loss due to…

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Congenital, single gene mutations

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32
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Conductive hearing loss due to…

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Problems in external or middle ear

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33
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Sensorinerual loss due to…

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Problems in inner ear, cochlear nerve, connections to the brain

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34
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Having trouble understanding speech, complaining that others mumble, and noisy environments makes it worse suggests…

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Sensorineural loss

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35
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Noisy environments help hearing suggests…

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Conductive loss

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36
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Otitis externa

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Pain in external ear

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37
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Otitis media

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Pain in inner ear

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38
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Ear pain associated with other symptoms of respiratory infection/referred from mouth/throat/neck suggests…

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Otitis media

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Soft wax discharge, debris from inflammation, rash in ear canal suggests…

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Otitis media

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40
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Tinnitus

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Percieved sound with no external stimulus

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41
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Tinnitus + hearing loss + vertigo suggests…

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Meniere’s disease

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42
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Vertigo suggests problem in these places:

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Labrynths of inner ear, peripheral lesions of CN VIII, or lesions in central pathways/nuclei in brain

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43
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Best way to ask about vertigo:

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do you have feelings of being pulled to the ground or off to one side?

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44
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Rhinorrhea

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Drainage from the nose

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45
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Causes of rhinorrhea

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Viral infections, allergic rhinitis (hay fever), vasomort rhinitis

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Rhinitis medicamentosa

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Drainage from nose worsened by excessive use of decongestants

47
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Symtoms of acute bacterial sinusitis

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Symptoms appearing agter a URI, pain bending forward, maxillary toothache, tenderness over sinuses

48
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Drugs that cause stuffiness

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Oral contraceptives, alcohol, reserpine, guanethidine

49
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Nasal congestion limited to one side suggests…

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Deviated septum, foreign body, tumor

50
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Epistaxis

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Bleeding from the nose

51
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Causes of epistaxis

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Trauma, inflammation, drying, crusting, tumors, foreign bodies

52
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Fever, pharyngeal exudates, anterior lymphdenopathy, especially in the absence of cough suggests…

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Streptococcal pharyngitis (strep throat)

53
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Sore tongue results from…

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Local lesions, systemic illness

54
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Bleeding gums caused by…

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Gingivitis

55
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Causes of chronic hoarsness

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Smoking, allergy, voice abuse, hypothyroidism, chronic infections i.e. tuberculosis, tumors

56
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Enlarged, tender lymph nodes accompany:

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Pharyngitis

57
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Intolerance to cold, decreased sweating suggests:

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Hypothyroidism

58
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Palpitations and involuntary weight loss suggests:

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Hyperthyroidism

59
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Fine hair accompanies:

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Hyperthyroidism

60
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Coarse hair accompanies:

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Hypothyroidism

61
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Redness and scaling of scalp may indicate:

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Seborrheic dermatitis, psoriasis

62
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Enlarged skull indicates

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Hydrocephalus or Paget’s disease of bone

63
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Hirsutism

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Excessive facial hair

64
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Hirsutism caused by

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Polycystic ovary syndrome

65
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Vision of 20/200 means…

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At twenty feet, the patient can read print that a person with normal vision could read at 200 ft (larger second number = worse vision)

66
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Legally blind

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20/200 or less in better eye, corrected

67
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Temporal hemianopsia

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Pt can’t see temporal sides

68
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Homonymous hemanopsia

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Temporal defect in visual field of one eye, nasal defect in the other eye

69
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Enlarged blind spot in:

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Glaucoma, optic neuritis, papilledema

70
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Inward/outward deviation of eyes or abnormal protrusion seen in

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Graves’ disease, ocular tumors

71
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Eyebrow scaliness seen in

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Seborrheic dermatitis

72
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Lateral sparseness of eyebrows seen in:

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Hypothyroidsim

73
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Upstarting palepbral fissures seen in:

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Downs syndrome

74
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Red inflamed lid margins:

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Blepharitis

75
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Excessive tearing from increased production of tears seen in:

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Conjunctival inflammation, corneal irritation

76
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Excessive tearing due to impaired draininge of tears seen in:

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Ectropion, Nasolacrimal duct obstruction

77
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Jaundice

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Yellow sclera

78
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Miosis

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Constriction of the puplis

79
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Mydriasis

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Dilation of pupils

80
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Aniscoria

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Pupillary inequality of .5 mm or less (benign if reactions are normal)

81
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Asymmetry of corneal reflex suggests:

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Deviation from normal ocular alignment

82
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A fine, rhythmic, oscillation of the eyes

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Nystagmus

83
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Abnormal proturstion of eyeball

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Proptosis or Exophthalmos

84
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Proptosis caused by:

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Hyperhyroidism

85
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Poor convergence seen in:

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Hyperthyroidism

86
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Reasons for dilating the eyes:

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Head injury, coma, suspicion of narrow angle glaucoma

87
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Absence of a red reflex suggests:

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Opicaity of lens (cataract), detached retina, or retinoblastoma in children

88
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Swelling of optic disc and anterior bulging of physiologic cup

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Papilledema

89
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Papilledema suggests:

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Meningitis, subarachnoid hemorrhage, trauma, mass lesions

90
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Loss of venous pulsations signifies:

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Head trauma, meningitis, mass lesions, elevated intracranial pressure

91
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Exostoses

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Nonmalignant overgrowths in ear canals

92
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Skin of ear canal is thickened, red, and itchy in addition to being swollen

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Chronic Otis Externa

93
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Red, bulging, ear drum indicates:

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Otitis media

94
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Prominent short process and prominent handle suggests:

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Retracted Drum

95
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Sound is heard in the impaired ear in:

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Unilateral conductive hearing loss

96
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Sound is heard in the good ear in:

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Unilateral sensorineural hearing loss

97
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BC= AC or BC>AC

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Conductive hearing loss

98
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AC>BC

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Neural hearing loss

99
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Nasal mucosa is reddened and swollen in:

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Viral rhinitis

100
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Nasal mucosa is pale, bluish, or red in

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Allergic rhinitis

101
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Nasal polyps come from:

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Middle meatus

102
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Ulcers result from

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Nasal use of cocaine

103
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Local sinus tenderness with pain, fever, and nasal discharge suggests

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Acute sinusitis

104
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Connects lip with gingiva

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Labial frenulum

105
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Connects tongue to floor of the mouth

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Lingual Frenulum

106
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Swollen interdental papillae, redness of gingiva suggests:

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Gingivitis

107
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A benign midline lump of hard palate of roof of mouth

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Torus palatinus

108
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Asymmetric protrusion of tongue suggests

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Lesion of CN XII (Hypoglossal)

109
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Soft palate fails to rise and uvula deviates to opposite side

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CN X paralysis

110
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Tender lymph nodes suggest:

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Inflammation

111
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Hard/fixed lymph nodes suggest:

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Malignancy

112
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Tracheal deviation may signify

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Thorax issues such as mediastinal mass, atelectasis, opr large pneumothorax

113
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Elarged thyroid gland

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Goiter

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