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Glaucoma - Answers✔increased intraocular pressure
fluorescein staining - Answers✔applying fluorescein eye drops to cornea to look for corneal
abrasions
Allergic Conjunctivitis cause - Answers✔allergens
Suppurative conjunctivitis causes - Answers✔s. aureus, s. pneumoniae, and h. influenza
Viral conjunctivitis (pink eye) cause - Answers✔Adenovirus
chalazion - Answers✔a nodule or cyst, usually on the upper eyelid, caused by obstruction in a
sebaceous gland
hordeolum - Answers✔(stye) red, painful pustule that is a localized infection of hair follicle at
eyelid margin
Group A strep complications - Answers✔sinusitis, peritonsillar abscess, rheumatic fever,
glomerulonephritis
Group A strep treatment - Answers✔penicillin
Epiglottitis - Answers✔severe, life-threatening infection of the epiglottis and supraglottic
structures that occurs most commonly in children between 2 and 12 years of age
Epiglottitis symptoms - Answers✔-Sudden onset of high fever
-Sore throat
-Drooling
-Muffled voice
-Stridor
-Thumb sign
most common type of oral cancer - Answers✔Squamous cell (90%)