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| forced expiratory effort against a closed airway |
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| free discharge of a thin watery nasal fluid |
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| double vision - caused by defective function of the extraocular muscles or disorder of the nerves that innervate the muscles |
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inflammation or infection of the middle ear
Caused by: influenza, strep. pneumo
Symptoms: fullness in the ear, diminished hearing pain, and fever |
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| Eustachian tube dysfunction |
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any inflammation that alters equalization of the air pressure in the middle ear
May visualize TM retraction, eddusion, or decreased drum movement |
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| hearing loss associated with age |
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| injury sustained as a result of exposure to chaing air pressure or rupture of TM |
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| harmful effects of certain substances on the 8th cranial nerve or organs of hearing and balance |
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| irreuglar ossification in the ossicles - hereditary |
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pain with swallowing - severe sensation of burning
caused by GERD, bacterial infection, tumor, achalsia, or chemical irritation |
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| prolonged tonic spasm of the muscles of the jaw - "lockjaw" |
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| cystic mass composed of epithelial cells and cholesterol found in middle ear |
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| collection of viscous yellow fluid behind TM - can see fluid line through TM |
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| defect in vision in a defined area of the visual field in one or both eyes - prodromal symptom includes shimmering film as an island in the visual field |
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| inflammatory condition of the mouth |
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| aka hemiamblyopia - blindness in half of the normal visual field |
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| involuntary rhythmic movements of the eyes |
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inflammation or infection of the external canal or auricle of external ear
Causes: allergy, bacterial include Staph, Pseudomonas, and Strep pyogenes |
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