| Where can ear pain be reffered from | TMJ |
| What is inflamed cartilage called | Chondritis |
| What is perichondritis | Where the perichondrium becomes inflamed |
| Tx of chondritis | Drain pus IV antibiotics |
| What is a furuncle | Abcess of skin of the external auditory canal- needs to be drained |
| malignant otitis externa symptoms | Occurs in diabetics and immunosuppresed bacteria can spread in bone causing facial nerve palsies plus other CN tx high dose ciprofloxacin 500mg |
| Wax pain tx | Sodium bicarbonate ear drops |
| Foreign body removal from ear procedure | Drowned with water and suctioned out |
| Mastoiditits | Mastoid cavity full of pus needs IV antibiotics and admission |
| Trigem reffered pain- infection | Nose and sinuses, nasopharnx, teeth and jaw, salivary gland, trigeminal neuralgia, sphenopalataine neuralgia |
| Facial reffered pain | Facial nerve neuralgia |
| IX and X - tonsilitysis granulomatous lesion neoplasms | Pharynx larynx and tongue |
| Site of epistaxis | Little area which overlies kisselbachs plexus |
| Epistaxis local causes- | Ideopathic-littles, trauma, inflammatory - rhinus/sinustisis, neoplastic, environemntal or iatrogenic |
| Epistaxis systemic causes | Anticoagulants/ bleeding disorder or hypertension |
| Epistaxis- management | Pressure on cartilagenous part of bone, anterior rhinoscopy with vasocontriction and local anaesthetic cauterize using silver nitrate then anterior nasal packing |
| Nasal injury assesment | Inside the nose, outside the nose and cosmetic deformity |
| What is CSF rhinorhead a sign of | Septal dislocation |
| Pharyngitis management | Inflammed posterior pharyngeal wall and tonsils usally viral painkillers and warm fluids |
| Tonsilitits- strep, influezae and anaerobes management | No comlications can eat and drink then antiobiotcs after checking monospot |
| tonsilititis unable to eat or drink | Admit, IV antibiotics and fluids |
| What is quincey's | Tonsilitis where abcesses have formed requires drainage and IV antibiotics |
| Septicaemia- blood infection | can cause airway obstruction therefore intubate and IV antiobiotics |
| Acute sore throat causes | Pharyngitis, tonsilitits, epiglotitis or foreign body |
