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What are the sign and symptoms of leukaemia?
Leukemia is a type of cancer that affects the production and function of blood cells. Symptoms of leukemia vary depending on the type of leukemia, but common signs and symptoms include: - Swollen lymph nodes, especially in the neck and armpits - Pain in bones - Night sweats - excessive sweating, espRead more
Leukemia is a type of cancer that affects the production and function of blood cells. Symptoms of leukemia vary depending on the type of leukemia, but common signs and symptoms include:
See less– Swollen lymph nodes, especially in the neck and armpits
– Pain in bones
– Night sweats – excessive sweating, especially at night
– Weakness and fatigue
– Rapid weight loss
– Red spots on the skin
– Bleeding and bruising easily
– Fever or chills
– Frequent infections
What are the classifications of deafness?
There are four types of hearing loss: 1. Conductive Hearing Loss: This type of hearing loss occurs when something stops sounds from getting through the outer or middle ear. It can often be treated with medicine or surgery. 2. Sensorineural Hearing Loss: This type of hearing loss occurs when there isRead more
There are four types of hearing loss:
1. Conductive Hearing Loss: This type of hearing loss occurs when something stops sounds from getting through the outer or middle ear. It can often be treated with medicine or surgery.
2. Sensorineural Hearing Loss: This type of hearing loss occurs when there is a problem in the way the inner ear or hearing nerve works.
3. Mixed Hearing Loss: This type of hearing loss includes both a conductive and a sensorineural hearing loss.
4. Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder: This type of hearing loss occurs when sound enters the ear normally, but because of damage to the inner ear or the hearing nerve, sound isn’t organized in a way that the brain can understand.
The degree of hearing loss can range from mild to profound:
– Mild Hearing Loss: A person with a mild hearing loss may hear some speech sounds but soft sounds are hard to hear.
– Moderate Hearing Loss: A person with a moderate hearing loss may hear almost no speech when another person is talking at a normal level.
– Severe Hearing Loss: A person with severe hearing loss will hear no speech when a person is talking at a normal level and only some loud sounds.
– Profound Hearing Loss: A person with a profound hearing loss will not hear any speech and only very loud sounds.
Hearing loss can also be described as:
– Unilateral or Bilateral: Hearing loss is in one ear (unilateral) or both ears (bilateral).
– Pre-lingual or Post-lingual: Hearing loss happened before a person learned to talk (pre-lingual) or after a person learned to talk (post-lingual).
– Symmetrical or Asymmetrical: Hearing loss is the same in both ears (symmetrical) or is different in each ear (asymmetrical).
– Progressive or Sudden: Hearing loss worsens over time (progressive) or happens quickly (sudden).
– Fluctuating or Stable: Hearing loss gets either better or worse over time (fluctuating) or stays the same over time (stable).
– Congenital or Acquired/Delayed Onset: Hearing loss is present at birth (congenital) or appears sometime later in life (acquired or delayed onset).
See lessWhat are the different types of mastoiditis?
There are two types of mastoiditis: acute mastoiditis and chronic mastoiditis. Acute mastoiditis is a bacterial infection that develops due to acute otitis media, which is an infection of the middle ear that causes acute inflammation and pain. It typically goes away within a month after treatment anRead more
There are two types of mastoiditis: acute mastoiditis and chronic mastoiditis.
Acute mastoiditis is a bacterial infection that develops due to acute otitis media, which is an infection of the middle ear that causes acute inflammation and pain. It typically goes away within a month after treatment and doesn’t come back.
Chronic mastoiditis is a bacterial infection that causes chronic inflammation of the middle ear and discharge in the middle ear. It lasts a month or longer or comes back after antibiotic treatment.
See lessWhat are the sign and symptoms of chronic mastoiditis?
Chronic mastoiditis is a bacterial infection that causes inflammation of the mastoid bone located behind the ears. Symptoms of chronic mastoiditis include: - Persistent, throbbing ear pain - Drainage from the ear - Fever that may be high or suddenly increase - Headache - Hearing loss - Redness of thRead more
Chronic mastoiditis is a bacterial infection that causes inflammation of the mastoid bone located behind the ears. Symptoms of chronic mastoiditis include:
– Persistent, throbbing ear pain
See less– Drainage from the ear
– Fever that may be high or suddenly increase
– Headache
– Hearing loss
– Redness of the ear or behind the ear
– Swelling behind the ear that may cause the ear to stick out
– Tiredness and irritability
What are the different complications of mastoiditis?
Mastoiditis is an infection of the mastoid bone located behind the ears. Symptoms of mastoiditis include ear pain, hearing loss, swelling behind the ear, redness behind the ear, fever, headache, irritability, lethargy, and drainage from the ear. If left untreated, mastoiditis may lead to complicatioRead more
Mastoiditis is an infection of the mastoid bone located behind the ears. Symptoms of mastoiditis include ear pain, hearing loss, swelling behind the ear, redness behind the ear, fever, headache, irritability, lethargy, and drainage from the ear. If left untreated, mastoiditis may lead to complications such as:
– Epidural abscess: a collection of pus outside the spinal cord and brain
See less– Dizziness
– Hearing loss
– Sepsis: spreading of infection throughout the body
– Meningitis: a bacterial infection of the meninges of the brain
– Facial paralysis
What are the Classification of glaucoma?
Glaucoma is a group of eye conditions that damage the optic nerve and increase eye pressure. There are several types of glaucoma, including: 1. Open-angle glaucoma: The most common type of glaucoma, which usually has no warning signs in the early stages. Gradually, patchy blind spots in your side viRead more
Glaucoma is a group of eye conditions that damage the optic nerve and increase eye pressure. There are several types of glaucoma, including:
1. Open-angle glaucoma: The most common type of glaucoma, which usually has no warning signs in the early stages. Gradually, patchy blind spots in your side vision may develop. In later stages, difficulty seeing things in your central vision may occur.
See less2. Angle-closure glaucoma: A less common type of glaucoma that can cause severe headache, severe eye pain, nausea or vomiting, blurred vision, halos or colored rings around lights, eye redness, and sudden vision loss.
3. Normal-tension glaucoma: A type of glaucoma that causes optic nerve damage even though the pressure in the eye is not very high.
4. Childhood glaucoma: A rare type of glaucoma that occurs in infants and young children.
5. Secondary glaucoma: A type of glaucoma that occurs as a result of another eye condition or injury.
What are the causes of glaucoma?
Glaucoma is a group of eye conditions that damage the optic nerve and increase eye pressure. The exact cause of glaucoma is not known, but it is usually related to: 1. Increased pressure in the eye due to a buildup of fluid that flows throughout the inside of the eye, also known as the aqueous humorRead more
Glaucoma is a group of eye conditions that damage the optic nerve and increase eye pressure. The exact cause of glaucoma is not known, but it is usually related to:
See less1. Increased pressure in the eye due to a buildup of fluid that flows throughout the inside of the eye, also known as the aqueous humor. This fluid usually drains through a tissue located at the angle where the iris and cornea meet, called the trabecular meshwork. For reasons that doctors don’t fully understand, this nerve damage is usually related to increased pressure in the eye.
2. family history of glaucoma
3. Hypotension
4. Diabetes mellitus
5. Burn or chemical injury to the eye
6. Trauma to the eye
7. Severe eye infection
8. Inflammation (uveitis)
9. Diseases of the retina leading to abnormal vessels on the iris that may cause glaucoma.
10. Being over 60 years old
11. Being of African or Hispanic descent
12. Having high eye pressure,
13. Having thin corneas,
14. Having certain optic nerve characteristics,
15. Heart disease, and
16. Sickle cell anemia.
What are the common sign and symptoms of chronic glaucoma?
Glaucoma is a group of eye conditions that damage the optic nerve. The symptoms of glaucoma depend on the type and stage of your condition: 1. open-angle glaucoma, which usually has no warning signs in the early stages. Gradually, patchy blind spots in your side vision may develop. 2. In later stageRead more
Glaucoma is a group of eye conditions that damage the optic nerve. The symptoms of glaucoma depend on the type and stage of your condition:
See less1. open-angle glaucoma, which usually has no warning signs in the early stages. Gradually, patchy blind spots in your side vision may develop.
2. In later stages, difficulty seeing things in your central vision may occur.
3. Acute angle-closure glaucoma, may cause severe headache, severe eye pain, nausea or vomiting, blurred vision, halos or colored rings around lights, eye redness, and sudden vision loss.
4. Normal-tension glaucoma may cause no symptoms in the early stages, but gradually, blurred vision may occur. In later stages, loss of side vision may occur.
5. Glaucoma in children may cause a dull or cloudy eye (infants), increased blinking (infants), tears without crying (infants), blurred vision, nearsightedness that gets worse, headache, halos around lights, and gradual loss of side vision.
How can diagnosis a case of sinusitis?
A health care provider can diagnose sinusitis by asking about symptoms and doing an exam. The exam might include feeling for tenderness in the nose and face and looking inside the nose. Other ways to diagnose acute sinusitis and rule out other conditions include: - Nasal endoscopy: A health care proRead more
A health care provider can diagnose sinusitis by asking about symptoms and doing an exam. The exam might include feeling for tenderness in the nose and face and looking inside the nose. Other ways to diagnose acute sinusitis and rule out other conditions include:
– Nasal endoscopy: A health care provider inserts a thin, flexible tube, known as an endoscope, into the nose. A light on the tube allows the provider to see inside the sinuses.
See less– Imaging studies: A CT scan can show details of the sinuses and nasal area. It’s not usually used for simple acute sinusitis. But imaging studies might help rule out other causes.
– Nasal and sinus samples: Lab tests aren’t often used to diagnose acute sinusitis. But if the condition doesn’t get better with treatment or gets worse, tissue samples from the nose or sinuses might help find the cause.
What are the common causes of sinusitis?
Sinusitis is an inflammation of the tissues in your sinuses, which are spaces in your forehead, cheeks, and nose usually filled with air. It causes facial pain, a stuffy or runny nose, and sometimes a fever and other symptoms. Sinusitis is usually caused by the common cold, but other viruses, bacterRead more
Sinusitis is an inflammation of the tissues in your sinuses, which are spaces in your forehead, cheeks, and nose usually filled with air. It causes facial pain, a stuffy or runny nose, and sometimes a fever and other symptoms. Sinusitis is usually caused by the common cold, but other viruses, bacteria, fungi, and allergies can also cause sinusitis. Specific triggers for sinusitis include:
– The common cold
See less– The flu (influenza)
– Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteria
– Haemophilus influenza bacteria
– Moraxella catarrhalis bacteria
– Nasal and seasonal allergies
-Smoking or using any type of tobacco,