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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Fruity odor | diabetic acidosis |
| Fetor hepaticus | liver failure |
| Uremic breath | renal failure |
| Jaundice with pallor | hemolytic anemia (thalassemia, spherocytosis |
| Jaundice | Hepatitis, cirrhosis |
| Short stature | Turners, Childhood renal failure, achorndroplasia, pituitary dwarfism |
| Extremely strong pulse | aneurism |
| Cheyne-Stokes | progressively deeper and faster breathing, followed by a gradual decrease and an apnea |
| Cheyne stokes breathing causes | elderly, heart failure, drug induced, respiratory depressio |
| Biot’s | Short episodes of rapid, deep inspirations followed by 10 - 30 second apneic period |
| Biots breathing causes | Brain damage, respiratory depression |
| Kussmaul breathing | a deep and labored breathing pattern seen in metabolic acidosis |
| Trismus | TMJ dysfunction |
| Blephroptosis causes | Horner's syndrome, third cranial nerve palsy, myasthenia gravis, trauma, stroke, diabetic neuropathy |
| Iris coloboma | congenital or due to surgery or trauma |
| Movement of auricle and tragus painful | acute otitis externa |
| Tenderness behind ear | otitis media |
| Hearing loss associated with aging | presbycusis |
| Tonsilar Asymmetry important indicator of | peri-tonsillar abcess. |
| Entropion | Inversion of eyelid margin, usually the Lashes cause ocular irritation- corneal scarring leading to blindness |
| lower eyelid growing towards the eye | trichiasis |
| Ectropion | Sagging or outward rolling of the lower eyelid, Irritated eyes, Increased tearing |
| Pinguecula | Deposits of protein, fat or calcium |
| Pterygium | Benign soft tissue triangular growth of the conjuncta May grow across pupil interfering with vision |
| Patients complain of diminished acuity, photophobia and sensation of foreign body in the eye | keratitis |