Adult Primary Care
Exams #1 & Final | Study
Guide, Practice Questions
& Exam Review
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, Treatments for viral rhinitis Decongestations
Expectorants, antitussives
Antipyretics
Antihistamines (H2 blocker preferred)
Rest and FLUIDS
What do you want to know r/t allergic rhinitis and Taking Afrin? Risk of rebound congestion
medications?
What should you suspect with someone who has That they have a secondary bacterial infection --> often progresses to sinusitis
allergic rhinitis and a fever and/or purulent drainage?
What can longstanding allergies cause? Adenoidal hypertrophy which can increase asthma risk
What do you think when a person has blue, boggy, Allergic rhinitis
edematous turbinates?
What are Dennie's lines? An infraorbital fold indicative of allergic rhinitis
What can alleviate allergic shiners? 2nd generation antihistamines; topical nasal steroids
Treatment for allergic rhinitis? **Allergen avoidance
Antihistamines
Decongestants
Topical nasal steroids (e.g. Rhinocort/Nasocort)
Hydration
With what condition is IgE elevated? With what Elevated = allergic rhinitis
condition is it normal? Normal = vasomotor rhinitis
What would you expect when someone complains of Vasomotor rhinitis
nasal congestion/discharge that came on suddenly
after exposure to stimuli and they have pale or
hyperemic turbinates?
Exams #1 & Final | Study
Guide, Practice Questions
& Exam Review
|Guaranteed success|
, Treatments for viral rhinitis Decongestations
Expectorants, antitussives
Antipyretics
Antihistamines (H2 blocker preferred)
Rest and FLUIDS
What do you want to know r/t allergic rhinitis and Taking Afrin? Risk of rebound congestion
medications?
What should you suspect with someone who has That they have a secondary bacterial infection --> often progresses to sinusitis
allergic rhinitis and a fever and/or purulent drainage?
What can longstanding allergies cause? Adenoidal hypertrophy which can increase asthma risk
What do you think when a person has blue, boggy, Allergic rhinitis
edematous turbinates?
What are Dennie's lines? An infraorbital fold indicative of allergic rhinitis
What can alleviate allergic shiners? 2nd generation antihistamines; topical nasal steroids
Treatment for allergic rhinitis? **Allergen avoidance
Antihistamines
Decongestants
Topical nasal steroids (e.g. Rhinocort/Nasocort)
Hydration
With what condition is IgE elevated? With what Elevated = allergic rhinitis
condition is it normal? Normal = vasomotor rhinitis
What would you expect when someone complains of Vasomotor rhinitis
nasal congestion/discharge that came on suddenly
after exposure to stimuli and they have pale or
hyperemic turbinates?
