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health assesment 1a

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Tracheal Shift: 1. Pushed to health side with an arotic aneurysm, tumor, unilateral thyroid lobe enlargement, and pneumothorax 2. Pulled toward diseased sid with large atelectasis, pleural adhesions, or fibrosis 3. Tugged to rhythmic downward pulloccurs w/ arotic a
Criteria for common lymph nodes -Acute infection:bilateral, enlarged, warm, tender, and firm but freely movable -Chronic inflammation: tuberculosis the nodes are clumped -Cancerous: hard, unilateral, nontender, fixed -HIV: englarge, firm =, nontender, and mobile -Hodkins painless ru
Thyroid nodule -Multiple: indicates inflammation or multinodular goiter rather than neoplasm -Single: solitary benign, greater mailgnancy and young person; suspect any painless, rapidly growing nodule: cancerous hard + fixed
Gingivitis Gum margins are red, swalloen, + bleed easily -inflammation is usually due to poor hygiene or vit. C deficiency -occur in prego+ puberty bc of changin hormonal balance
Gingival hyperplasia painless enlargement of gums, sometimes over reaching teeth -occur puberty, prego, leukemia,+ long use of dilantin
Hyperthroidism nervousness, fatigue, weightloss, muscle cramps tachycardia, SOB, excessive sweating, thin silky hair and skin infrequent blinking
Hypothyrodism Congenital: low hairline, hirsute forehead, swollen eyelids, narrow palpebral fissure, widely spaced eyelids, depressed nasal bridge, puffy face, thick protuding tongue 2. Mysedema: puffy edematous face, corse facial features; dry skn,coarse hair+eyebr
Basal cell carcinoma colored papule (rounded pearly borders with central red ulcer or large open pore w/central yellowing)
Squamos Cell carcinoma erythematous scaly patch w/sharp margins, >1cm -develops central ullcer, usually on hand/head (less common grows rapidly)
Malignant Melanom arise from nevi, brown(tan,black,pink-red, purple, or mixed) may have scaling, flaking oozing
Epidemic Kaposi's Sarcoma Patch stage: faint pink on temple + beard area (bruises or nevi) Advanced: widely disseminated lession (violet colored tumors over nose+face,tiny red nodule eye0 Plaque stage:raised papules or thickend plaques(oval +vary in color)
Tinea Corporis ringworm of the body scales, on chest, abdomen, back of arms
Tinea Pedis ringwoem of the foot "athlets foot" 1st appears on toes and sides of feet then gorws scaly +hard, found in chronically warm moist feet
Measles (rubeola) red-purple, blochy rash: appears on ears, face, neck, trunk, arms Koplik's spot:bluish white, red-based elevations
Germen measles (rubella) pink papular rash; face then spreads; presecene of lyphadenopathy and no koplik's spot
Cold sores (herpes simplex) lesion erupts iwth tight vesicles followed by pustules than many painful ulcers
Shingles caused by varicella, reaction of dormant virus of chickenpox -unilateral, does not cross midline, common in adults more than 50yrs
Fetal Alcohol syndrome narrow palpebral fissures, epicanthal folds, and midfacial hypoplasia
Down Syndrom upslanting eyes, flat nasal bridge, small broad flat nose, protuding thick tongue, ear dysplasia, short broad neck with webbing
Parkinson's face is flat expressionless, "masklike" with elevated eyebrows, staring gaze, oily skin, drooling
Cushing's Syndrome ACTh, "moonlike" face, prominent jowls, red cheeks, hirstuism upper lip, decreased cheeks and chin
Celft palate congenital defect, failure of the fusion of the maxillary processes -upper lip, palate,uvula, cleft of nostril
Celft Lip early treatment preserves functions of speech and language formation + deglutition(swallowing)
Marcoglossia large protude impairs speeh -occurs with down syndrome,cretinism, myxedema, acromeagly
Black hairy tongue elongated of papillae, painless overgrowth (fungus infection) -black, brown to yellow=antibiotics
Smoth Glossy Tongue (atrophic) slick+ shiny mucosa thins and red from decreased papillae, dryness -vit B12 defiency, folic acid and iron deiciency
Migratory (geographic) bright red, shiny, circular bald areas with pearly borders -chnages in few days (no known cause)
Fissured or scrotal deep furrows divide papillae, small irregular rows -increased with age, down syndrome (5%), dehyradition
Atopic (allergic) facies exhausted face, blue shadows below eyes, double or single creas on lower eyelids, open mouth breathing
allergic saluet crease transverse line on nose, child pushes nose up and back to relieve itching
sinusitis facial pain, red swollen nasla mucosa, swollen turbinates and purulent discharge
Bell's Palsey decreased motor neuron lesion, rapid onset -complete paralysis of half face ( no wrinkle forehead, raise eyebrows, close eye, whistle, or show teeth rightside) -droling
Stroke (brain attack) increased motor neuron (central) rupture in cerebral vessel -paralysis of lower facial muscles, Upper half not affected
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