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nose: visible with otoscope
- inferior turbinate
- middle turbinate
- nasal septum
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inspection of nasal mucosa ....
- note: mucosa color
- presence of exudate (clear, mucopurulent, purulent)
- swelling
- bleeding
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nasal mucosa in viral rhinitis
red and swollen
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nasal mucosa with allergic rhinitis
pale, blue or red
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acute sinusitis
- local tenderness of max or frontal sinuses
- +/- pain
- +/- fever
- +/- nasal discharge
- recent URI
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