Cough Cough performs an essential protective function for human airways and lungs. Without an effective cough reflex we are at risk for retained secretions and aspirated material predisposing to atelectasis (collapse), infection and respiratory compromise. Cough is classified according to its duration to Acute, subacute and chronic.the list below is mainly for common causes Acute …
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Traumatic Brain Injury Classification Brain Injury Classification Traumatic brain injury results from biomechanical forces applied to the head and neck causing functional and or structural brain alteration resulting in transient or permanent damage. Head injuries are divided to 3 categories depending on their severity: Mild Moderate Sever Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Moderate & Severe Traumatic …
Headache Headache The Headache diagram shows non serious common causes for simple acute daily headaches. Other common causes for headaches Elevated blood pressure or sugar Birth control pills Stress and sleep deprivation Medication Overuse Headache (MOH) like ibuprofen Caffeine withdrawal Alcohol abuse Certain medications and vitamins supplements Headache RED FLAGS that requires immediate ER evaluation …
Ear Infections OTITIS EXTERNA [OUTER EAR INFECTION] NORMAL EAR OTITIS MEDIA [MIDDLE EAR INFECTION] ACUTE OTITIS EXTERNA It is an infection of the skin of the external auditory canal Mostly seen after swimming [we call it swimmer’s ear] The usual cause is either Staph Aureus or Pseudomonas Aeruginosa It causes swelling and severe pain in …
Shoulder Pain Shoulder pain can be caused by : Shoulder structure disease (Joint, Tendons, Muscles and Bursa) Cervical Spine disease (Disks, Muscles, Tendons & Bursa) Visceral disease (Heart, Lungs & Gall bladder) Nerve and Vessels (Thoracic Outlet Syndrome) Initial evaluation is aimed at ruling out visceral or neck cause and then identifying the shoulder structure …
Elbow Pain Elbow pain can be intrinsic (caused by elbow joint component pathology) or extrinsic (caused by a disease outside the elbow) like heart attack or pinched nerve in the neck. The elbow joint is non bearing joint so wear and tear osteoarthritis is very rare in the absence of a prior trauma, however auto …
Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) Urinary Tract Infections UTIs are usually caused by colonic bacteria traveling from the external genitalia skin up through the urethra to the bladder causing Acute Cysitis (bladder infection) and if untreated it may go up through the ureter to the kidneys causing Kidney infection (Acute Pyelonephritis). Women are more prone to …
Hip Pain To better understand the causes of hip pain we divide it to: Anterior pain Lateral pain Posterior pain Causes of Anterior hip pain are: Osteoarthritis: usually patient is elderly and progresses slowly and is worse with standing or walking Labrum tear : patient is young, has same location of pain, and is usually accompanied …
Neck Pain The most common cause of neck pain is Cervical Muscles Strain or Sprain which is characterized by stiffness and pain in the posterior neck muscles usually associated with spasm in a upper back with decreased neck range of motion. There is usually no neurological deficit. Whiplash neck injury produces similar picture. Cervical Radiculopathy …
