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Another name for lentigines?
(liver spots)
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What causes senile purpura?
(trauma)
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What is otalgia?
(ear pain)
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Viral pharyngitis has a gradual onset?
(True)
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By age 50 what do half of the people get?
(gray hair)
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What is functional assessment for all disorders?
(how disease affects their life, what they do for a living)
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Erythema of skin means?
(reddish skin)
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What does excoriation mean?
(abrasion)
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What is a Nevus?
(flat or raised, color darker than surrounding skin)
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What is a pustule?
(raised cavity that contains pus)
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Term to describe a pt with visual difficulties?
(visually impaired not blind)
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What is vitiligo?
(unpigmented skin with milky white patches)
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What is contraindication for methotrexate which is used to treat psoriasis?
(not get pregnant)
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It is appropriate to teach patients that squeezing pimples isn�t harmful?
(false)
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What is it called when the whole eye is removed?
(enuculeation)
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What does the opthamoligst do?
(diagnose and treat eye conditions)
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What is an optometrist?
( trained to diagnose and prescribe corrective lenses)
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What is an optician?
(fills lense prescriptions for eye glasses)
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With eye and ear surgeries what caution do we teach them?
(not to blow nose � anything that would create pressure)
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What type of hearing loss doesn�t benefit from a hearing aid?
(sensorial hearing loss)
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What are a few things a patient can do to prevent accumulation of cerumun?
(increase fluids, clean ears with cloth, trim hair in ear)
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What are purpose of tonsils/adenoids?
(prevent infections- part of lymph system)
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Give me an intervention for the pt having phototherapy?
(protect eyes and skin before and after session to prevent further damage by ultraviolet light)
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When taking methotrexate what is something pt will need to do periodically?
(lab tests)
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Chicken pox lies dormant in our system and due to some stressor can present as?
(shingles)
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What part does cones play in your eyes?
(color receptor)
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What is area called that has the sharpest vision?
(macula)
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What is nystagmus?
(abnormal eye movement)
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What does BC >AC mean?
(bone conduction greater than air conduction)
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One side effect of concern for the pt. having ear surgery is?
(dizziness � must enc. Pt to get up slowly)
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What disease is hereditary and worsens during pregnancy?
(otosclerosis)
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Basel cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma re usually caused by?
(sun exposure)
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Regarding the rule of nines for burns � the chest area is 18 and the back area is 18 for total of 36%
(true)
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How long after enucleation can eye prosthesis be fitted?
(l month)
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What do rods in eye do?
(help�s in dim lit areas)
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What is normal intraocular pressure?
( 10-21 mm hg)
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What is age related changes of the eye called? (presbyopia)
if I had longer arms I could read the telephone book!
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Name a s/s of cataracts �
(cloudy vision, seeing spots)
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One surgery used to repair a retinal detachment is called?
(sclera buckling)
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With relaxation of esophagus sphinter in elderly we should advise pt not to lie down after eating because?
(esophageal reflux)
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When there is a blood loss during surgery what does the body automatically do?
(shunts blood to vital organs only)
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Electroretinography is used to evaluate what?
(retinal response)
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What preparation is used for electroretinography?
(doc uses anethstetic tobe able to place a contact lens electrode on the eye itself)
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Close-angle glaucoma has increased intraocular pressure and is acute in onset?
(true)
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Lasik surgery is done by a thin layer of cornea is peeled back and laser used to reshape the top layer of cornea?
(false � middle layer)
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On caloric test (ear) they use warm/cold water � if there is a labrinth (inner part of ear) disorder what is usually seen?
(1. Nystagmus, 2. Vertigo, 3. Nausea/vomiting)
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In conductive hearing loss you would expect bone conduction to be greater that air conduction?
(true)
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Minieres disease teaching would include?
(avoid use of alcohol/tobacco)
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Viral pharyngitis has an acute onset?
(false � gradual)
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Criteria for tonsillectomy?
( Peritonsilar abcess, enlarged tonsils and hearing loss)
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One post laryngectomy complication is �
tracheal stenosis
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