ENT Minimum UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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ENT Minimum UPDATED Exam Questions
and CORRECT Answers
1. Symptoms and clinical features of diffuse otitis externa - CORRECT ANSWER- Earache;
The external part of the ear canal is painful (especially the tragus);
Discharge, itching;
Ear congestion, hearing loss;
Fever is uncommon.
Clinical ...
ENT Minimum UPDATED Exam Questions
and CORRECT Answers
1. Symptoms and clinical features of diffuse otitis externa - CORRECT ANSWER- Earache;
The external part of the ear canal is painful (especially the tragus);
Discharge, itching;
Ear congestion, hearing loss;
Fever is uncommon.
Clinical findings
Swelling and hyperemia of the skin of the ear canal;
Serous or purulent discharge;
Accumulation of debris in the ear canal;
Tympanic membrane appears to be normal.
2. Symptoms and clinical features of acute otitis media (AOM) - suppurative
form - CORRECT ANSWER- Symptoms
Earache;
Hearing loss;
Nasal discharge and congestion;
Fever, malaise;
If perforation is present: otorrhea
Clinical findings
Ear canal appears to be normal;
Hyperemia of tympanic membrane;
Later in the course of the disease: marked bulging of the tympanic membrane,
subsequently spontaneous perforation can develop.
3. Causes of acute hearing loss - CORRECT ANSWER- Conductive type:
wax, foreign body;
, acute tubal occlusion, otitis media (OME/AOM);
trauma (e.g. perforation of the tympanic membrane).
Sensorineural type:
Noise (acute) induced hearing loss;
Viral infection;
Vascular causes;
Toxical damage (medication, chemicals);
Traumas.
4. What is to be done in case of acute sensorineural hearing loss? - CORRECT ANSWER-
immediate intravenous
nootropic/vasodilatating therapy or steroid bolus treatment is necessary with
hospitalization; meanwhile detailed investigation is required to be carried out to
clarify the etiology. The earlier the treatment is started, the better the outcome is.
5. Recognition of hearing loss in childhood - CORRECT ANSWER- Signs of hearing loss in
childhood:
the newborn does not react to sounds;
tone of crying is unusual;
babbling period does not appear;
visual orientation is dominant;
speech development is delayed;
tone, pitch, intensity, melody and rhythm of the speech is pathologic;
articulation disorders;
worse reading and writing skills
6. Causes of ear pain - CORRECT ANSWER- Primary otalgia
Otitis;
Tumors of the ear;
Referred ear pain
Tumors and inflammations of the larynx, pharynx, tonsils, base of the tongue;
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