NSG 2713 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Optic Disc, Neck Pain, Blurred Vision
9 Feb 2017
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Localized: headaches, dizziness, lumps or swelling, neck pain or decreased rom, pruritius. System: weight changes, temperature tolderance changes or sweating, energy changes. Skull: really know big bones and for skull the specific regions b/w sutures: head/neck injur (ies) Physical exam inspect and palpate: size and shape, temporal artery, tmj. Face: facial structures, symmetry, parotid glands (in the cheeks) could we swollen, causes huge and painful parotid glands. ), range of motion (is it stiff?: sternocleidomastoid muscle divides neck into 2 traingles (which helps with descriptions) Memorize regional lympthatics: ear jaw, behind the ear back of the neck and out. Should we non, painful and smooth (about the size of a pea) Knowing where they drain tells u where the infection is: mono= generalized, not just in the throat, bacterial specific, viral more widespread. Past medical history: ocular problems, glaucoma, use of corrective lenses, diabetes, menopause, hypertension (high pressure will tear apart blood vessels, medication used, allergies.
