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Racial factors: white people are more susceptible than natives of equatorial Africa; Nutritional deficiency: vitamins A or D, or iron [3] Infection: Klebsiella pneumoniae subsp. ozaenae, diphtheroids, Proteus vulgaris, E. coli, etc. Autoimmune factors: viral infection or some other unidentified insult may trigger antigenicity of the nasal mucosa.
Dizzy – about to black out; Dizzy – with the room spinning around me; My mouth is dry; Nauseated; Sick like I have the flu; like I have to vomit; Short of breath; Sleepy; Sweaty; Thirsty; Tired; Weak; I can't: Breathe normally; Hear normally: losing hearing; sounds are too loud; ringing or hissing in my ears; Move one side – arm and/or ...
“The lining of the nose has a latticework of small blood vessels running through it,” says Thomas S. Edwards, M.D., a rhinologist with Emory Healthcare and Assistant Professor, Department of ...
Eponymous medical signs are those that are named after a person or persons, usually the physicians who first described them, but occasionally named after a famous patient. This list includes other eponymous entities of diagnostic significance; i.e. tests, reflexes, etc.
If it seems like you and everyone around you are getting sick this winter, you're not wrong. Experts say this is the worst flu season in the U.S. in more than a decade and cases are still trending ...
In a normal, healthy person, “lung tissue is so delicate that an X-ray passes right through, and the lung fields appear black,” Dr. William Schaffner, professor of infectious diseases at ...
Outpatient health care visits for flu illnesses are at their highest levels in 15 years, according to data updated Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Nearly 8% of outpatient ...
Concerning signs that may require further investigation include stridor, history of radiation therapy to the neck, trouble swallowing, duration of more than 3 weeks, and a history of smoking. [1] If concerning signs are present. the vocal cords should be examined via laryngoscopy . [ 1 ]