Ear disease

Question 1

What are the symptoms of ear disease?

Answer 1

Hearing loss
Tinnitus
Vertigo
Otalgia
Ear discharge
Facial weakness
Ear surgery
Nasal symptoms
Facial history
Specidic paediatric history

Question 2

What are the 3 types of hearing loss?

Answer 2

Conductive
Sensoineural
Mixed

Question 3

What are some signs of ear disease?

Answer 3

Abnormalities of ear canal
Discharge
Swelling
Bleeding
Masses
External scars
Changes in ear drum
Swelling over mastoid
Facial weakness
Hearing loss

Question 4

What is otitis externa?

Answer 4

Inflammation of the skin of the ear canal

Question 5

Is otitis externa infective?

Answer 5

Mostly

Question 6

What can cause otitis externa?

Answer 6

Bacteria

Fungi

Question 7

What are common causes of otitis externa?

Answer 7

Water
Cotton buds
Skin conditions

Question 8

Who gets acute otitis media?

Answer 8

Children

Question 9

What is AOM associated with?

Answer 9

Glue ear

URTIs

Question 10

What is included in chronic otitis media?

Answer 10

Otitis media with effusion
Cholesteatoma
Perforation

Question 11

Who gets otitis media with effusion?

Answer 11

CHildren

Question 12

What is OM w/ E associated with?

Answer 12

Eustachian tube dysfunction or obstruction

Question 13

What can cause OM w/ E in adults?

Answer 13

Rhinosinusitis
Nasopharyngela carcinoma
Nasopharyngeal lymphoma

Question 14

What are the signs of OM w/ E?

Answer 14

CHL with flat tympanogram

Hearing loss

Question 15

What is the Tx of OM w/ E?

Answer 15

Perforation

Grommit

Question 16

What may cause perforation?

Answer 16

Commonly due to AOM

Trauma

Question 17

Does perforation heal?

Answer 17

Usually

Question 18

What is cholesteatoma?

Answer 18

Presence of keratin within middle ear

Erodes surrounding bone

Question 19

What are the symptoms of cholesteatoma?

Answer 19

Hearing loss
Discharge
Complications

Question 20

What is the treatment of cholesteatoma?

Answer 20

Surgical excision

Reconstruction

Question 21

What is more common; acquired or congenital cholesteatoma?

Answer 21

Acquired

Question 22

What are the risks of cholesteatoma?

Answer 22

SNHL
Tinnitus
Vertigo
Facial palsy
Brain abscess
Meningitis
Venous sinus thrombosis

Question 23

What is otosclerosis?

Answer 23

Gradual onset conductive hearing loss caused by fixation of the stapes bone

Question 24

Who gets otosclerosis?

Answer 24

F>M

Question 25

What makes otosclerosis progress rapidly?

Answer 25

Pregnancy

Question 26

How is otosclerosis treated?

Answer 26

Stapedectomy

Question 27

What is presbycusis?

Answer 27

Old age hearing loss High frequency Highly variable onset

Question 28

What drugs can cause hearing loss?

Answer 28

``` Gentamicin Aminoglycosides Chemotherapeutic drugs Aspirin NSAIDs ```

Question 29

What is a vestibular schwannoma?

Answer 29

Benign tumour in IAM

Question 30

What does a VS present with?

Answer 30

Hearing loss Tinnitus Imbalance

Question 31

How is VS diagnosed?

Answer 31

MRI scan

Question 32

How is VS diagnosed?

Answer 32

MRI scan

Question 33

What does bruising over the mastoid suggest?

Answer 33

Base of skull fracture

Question 34

What can a skull fracture lead to?

Answer 34

``` Hearing loss Conductive Sendorineural Facial palsy CSF leak ```