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Question:
which medications should be recommended to patients with allergic rhinitis?
Answer:
Second-generation oral antihistamine (loratadine, fexofenadine, cetirizine)
Antihistamine nasal spray
Glucocorticoid nasal spray
Cromolyn nasal spray
Systemic steroids are not indicated for allergic rhinitis.
,Question:
Treatment for epicondylitis
Answer:
rest, NSAIDS, and the use of a forearm brace. Repetitive motion should be
limited; work restriction may be necessary.
Question:
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Answer:
occurs when the median nerve, which runs from the forearm into the palm,
becomes constricted. The carpal tunnel is a narrow passageway of the
ligaments and bones at the base of the hand that houses the median nerves
and the tendons that bend the fingers. The median nerve provides feeling to
the palm side of the thumb and the index, middle, and ring fingers but not to
the little finger.
Question:
De Quervain's Tenosynovitis
Answer:
inflammation of tendons on the side of the wrist at the base of the thumb.
These tendons include the abductor pollicis brevis and extensor pollicis brevis
tendons.
, Question:
Trigger Finger
Answer:
the tendons in the fingers or thumb are inflamed, making it difficult for the
finger to slide through the tendon sheath. Any finger can be affected,
although it most commonly occurs in the middle and ring fingers.limits finger
movement, and when the patient tries to straighten the digit, it will lock or
catch before popping out straight and often involves a disruption of the flexor
digitorum profundus tendon near the distal interphalangeal joint.
Question:
Positive Phalen test, Positive Tinel test.
Answer:
Carpal Tunnel
Question:
Palmar tenderness and palpable nodule at metacarpophalangeal joint.
Answer:
Trigger finger