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== Overview == | == Overview == | ||
== Physical Examination == | |||
=== Vital Signs === | |||
* High/ low grade fever | |||
=== Skin === | |||
* Rash | |||
=== HEENT === | === HEENT === | ||
Pharynx shows erythema, hypertrophy, foreign body, exudates, masses, petechiae, and adenopathy.<ref name="pmid15053411">Vincent MT, Celestin N, Hussain AN (2004) [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=15053411 Pharyngitis.] ''Am Fam Physician'' 69 (6):1465-70. PMID: [https://pubmed.gov/15053411 15053411]</ref> | * Pharynx shows erythema, hypertrophy, foreign body, exudates, masses, petechiae, and adenopathy.<ref name="pmid15053411">Vincent MT, Celestin N, Hussain AN (2004) [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=15053411 Pharyngitis.] ''Am Fam Physician'' 69 (6):1465-70. PMID: [https://pubmed.gov/15053411 15053411]</ref> | ||
=== Heart === | |||
Heart murmur associate with streptococcal pharyngitis. | |||
=== Abdomen === | |||
Hepatospleenomegaly: Associate with pharyngitis caused by group A streptococcus, Infectious mononucleosis. | |||
=== Neck === | |||
Cervical adenopathy | |||
'''Diphtheria:''' Examination reveals a serosanguineous nasal discharge and a grayish-white pharyngeal membrane (exudative and extending to the uvula and soft palate) in association with pharyngitis, tonsillitis, and cervical lymphadenopathy.<ref name="pmid15053411">Vincent MT, Celestin N, Hussain AN (2004) [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=15053411 Pharyngitis.] ''Am Fam Physician'' 69 (6):1465-70. PMID: [https://pubmed.gov/15053411 15053411]</ref> | '''Diphtheria:''' Examination reveals a serosanguineous nasal discharge and a grayish-white pharyngeal membrane (exudative and extending to the uvula and soft palate) in association with pharyngitis, tonsillitis, and cervical lymphadenopathy.<ref name="pmid15053411">Vincent MT, Celestin N, Hussain AN (2004) [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=15053411 Pharyngitis.] ''Am Fam Physician'' 69 (6):1465-70. PMID: [https://pubmed.gov/15053411 15053411]</ref> | ||
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Overview
Physical Examination
Vital Signs
- High/ low grade fever
Skin
- Rash
HEENT
- Pharynx shows erythema, hypertrophy, foreign body, exudates, masses, petechiae, and adenopathy.[1]
Heart
Heart murmur associate with streptococcal pharyngitis.
Abdomen
Hepatospleenomegaly: Associate with pharyngitis caused by group A streptococcus, Infectious mononucleosis.
Neck
Cervical adenopathy
Diphtheria: Examination reveals a serosanguineous nasal discharge and a grayish-white pharyngeal membrane (exudative and extending to the uvula and soft palate) in association with pharyngitis, tonsillitis, and cervical lymphadenopathy.[1]
Reference
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Vincent MT, Celestin N, Hussain AN (2004) Pharyngitis. Am Fam Physician 69 (6):1465-70. PMID: 15053411