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Dyspnoea Occurs on exertion, the patient/child may assume squatting position for a few minutes. Paroxysmal hypercyanotic attacks ("blue" spells): Common during first 2 years of life vary in duration but rarely fatal. Pulse normal but systolic thrill felt along the left sternal border in 50% of cases. Brain abscess (usually after 2 years of age) with headache, fever, nausea and vomiting ± seizures. The magnitude of the left to right shunt is determined by the size of the defect and the degree of the pulmonary vascular resistance. Clinical Features Small defects with minimal left to right shunts are the most common. The loud harsh or blowing left parasternal pansystolic murmur heard best over the lower left sternal border is usually found during routine examination. Large defects with excessive pulmonary blood flow and pulmonary hypertension are characterised by: dyspnoea, feeding difficulties, profuse perspiration, recurrent pulmonary infections and poor growth. Physical examination reveals prominence of the left precordium, cardiomegaly, a palpable parasternal lift and a systolic thrill. Clinical Features Pain usually of sudden onset, warmth on palpation, local swelling, tenderness, an extremity diameter of 2 cm or greater than the opposite limb from some fixed point is abnormal. Heart Failure Heart failure occurs when the heart is unable to supply output that is sufficient for the metabolic needs of the tissues, in face of adequate venous return. Common causes of Heart Failure are hypertension, valvular heart disease, cardiomyopathy, anaemia and myocardial infarction. Clinical Features − Infants and Young Children Often present with respiratory distress characterised by tachypnoea, cyanosis, intercostal, subcostal and sternal recession. Presence of cardiac murmurs and enlargement of the liver are suggestive of heart failure. Common precipitating factors of heart failure in cardiac patients must be considered in treatment of acutely ill patients: poor compliance with drug therapy; increased metabolic demands e. Management − Pharmacologic: Infants and Young Children Diuretics: Give frusemide (e. Note: • Electrolytes should be monitored during therapy with diuretics and digoxin • Treat anaemia and sepsis concurrently. Loading dose digoxin may be given to patients who are not on digoxin beginning with 0. Occasionally patients may present with early morning occipital headaches, dizziness or complication of hypertension e. Classification Systolic (mmHg) Diastolic (mmHg) Optimal <120 and <80 Normal <130 and <85 High−normal 130−139 or 85−89 Stage 1 hypertension (mild) 140−159 90−99 Stage 2 hypertension (moderate) 160−179 100−109 Stage 3 hypertension (severe)? If patient fails to respond to above consider the following: • Inadequate patient compliance • Inadequate doses • Drug antagonism e. Patient Education • Untreated hypertension has a high mortality rate due to: renal failure, stroke, coronary artery disease, heart falure. Diagnostic criteria • Any blood pressure values in excess of those shown in the table below should be treated • If symptomatic, it presents with clinical features of underlying diseases or target organ system − hypertensive encephalopathy, pulmonary oedema or renal disease. Blood Pressure values for − upper limit of normal Age 12 hrs 8 yrs 9 yrs 10 yrs 12 yrs 14 yrs Systolic 80 120 125 130 135 140 Diastolic 50 82 84 86 88 90 Investigation − as in adults. Treatment Objectives • Maintain blood pressure at slightly or below 95th centile for age (Blood Pressure should not be reduced by more than 25% in the acute phase • Determine and treat any underlying cause of hypertension. Drug treatment • Essential hypertension − as in adults [see annex b paediatric doses] • Secondary hypertension Treat stepwise usually omitting a diuretic 57 If fluid overload is contributory, frusemide may be used. Pulmonary Oedema An acute medical emergency due to an increase in pulmonary capillary venous pressure leading to fluid in the alveoli usually due to acute left ventricular failure. Clinical Features Breathlessness, sweating, cyanosis, frothy blood tinged sputum, respiratory distress, rhonchi and crepitations. Investigations • Chest X−ray: Loss of distinct vascular margins, Kerley B lines, diffuse haziness of lung fields. Watch for respiratory depression Refer If • Patient fails to respond to above therapy. Admit For • Management all patients with pulmonary oedema • Investigative procedures for underlying causes • Management of underlying cause e. Clinical Features Chest pain: Severe, retrosternal/epigastric crushing or burning or discomfort. Radiates to neck and down the inner part of the left arm lasting at least 20 minutes to 7 hours. Occurs at rest and is associated with pallor, sweating, arrhythmias, pulmonary edema and hypotension.

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It is feature is the formation of “cholesteatoma” most commonly found in the middle ear or and the inflammatory granulation tissue within the temporal bone particularly the which cause erosion of the bone order 15 mg actos with mastercard. Cholesteatoma Primary acquired cholesteatoma In this variety the cholesteatoma occurs in the attic or in the This term is a misnomer for neither is it a posterior part of the tympanic cavity quality actos 30 mg, where tumour nor does it necessarily contain there has not been any predisposing chronic cholesterol crystals purchase actos 30 mg with mastercard. The constant desqua- variety the cholesteatoma develops in the mation of the keratinised epithelium causes ears which have suffered from the active accumulation of epithelial debris in the middle chronic disease with defects in the tympanic ear cavity which becomes secondarily membrane. In simpler terms, cholesteatoma is Aetiology of Primary Acquired Cholesteatoma squamous epithelium in an abnormal site in the middle ear which possesses bone eroding The exact cause for the development of properties. The following things a) pressure effects produced by bone theories have been put forward: remodelling, b) Enzymatic activity at the 1. Metaplasia: Because of repeated infections, margins of the cholesteatoma which greatly squamous metaplasia of the low cuboidal increases the speed of bone erosion. The levels epithelium of the middle ear occurs, which Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media 69 subsequently leads to development of ration and granulations which are reddish cholesteatoma. This theory did not find in colour, unlike the pale polypoidal mucosa much favour. The demonstration of cholesteatoma is derived from the immi- epithelial lumps or cholesteatoma flakes is gration of squamous epithelium from the diagnostic. Hearing assessment: This usually reveals special growth potential of the squamous conductive deafness unless the inner ear epithelium of the membrane and deep has also been involved. Bacteriology: The culture usually reveals a embryonal connective tissue in a relatively mixed group of organisms like proteus sp. The a collapse and invagination of the pars mastoids are usually sclerotic, hypocellular flaccida and thus a dimple formation or acellular. Treatment of Atticoantral Disease Clinical Features The aim of treatment in cholesteatoma is to The main complaint in an uncomplicated ear make the ear safe by eradicating the disease is of discharge and deafness. Also of impor- purulent, foul smelling and scanty in amount, tance is the reconstructive surgery of the occasionally blood stained. The deafness is of damaged ossicles and the membrane (tym- slow onset, progressive, and may be asso- panoplasty). However, the develop- Depending upon the extent and location ment of earache, vertigo, vomiting and head- of the disease and degree of deafness, various ache signify the onset of complications. The surgical procedures are undertaken like tympanic membrane reveals an attic perfo- atticotomy, modified radical mastoidectomy, ration, or a posterosuperior marginal perfo- radical mastoidectomy, mastoidectomy with 70 Textbook of Ear, Nose and Throat Diseases tympanoplasty or combined approach 1. The posterior part of membrane is bulging and the anterior part shows dilated blood Routes of Infection vessels. The multiple and may be associated with pale coughed out sputum from the infected granulations. Drinking unpasteurised milk of infected stained smear, culture of the discharge or cows can cause the infection. Tubercular otitis media may also be blood Treatment is by the usual antitubercular borne. Advanced cases may require surgical Clinical Features intervention after the active disease is under control. The diagnosis is made by following charac- teristics: Complications of Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media 71 11 Complications of Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media The infections of the middle ear cleft are always threatening by way of the possibility of their extension to the adjacent intracranial tissues. Various complications can arise because of direct spread of infection through the preformed pathways or by the bone eroding disease like cholesteatoma or by osteothrombophelibitis through intact bone. In chronic suppurative otitis media, Labyrinthitis cholesteatoma may cause erosion of the Pyogenic inflammation of the labyrinth may semicircular canals, usually of the lateral result from acute otitis media, following semicircular canal or the stapes footplate and promontory, thus exposing the labyrinth to Table 11. Similarly removal of polypi or granula- Meningeal Nonmeningeal tions arising from the promontory may result 1. The (Refer page 294) patient complains of attacks of dizziness with 72 Textbook of Ear, Nose and Throat Diseases nausea and vomiting in addition to the ear which means mastoid exploration and discharge. Antibiotics In diffuse labyrinthitis, depending upon the only control the infection and prevent its severity of the infection the attack may be further spread. Before undertaking surgery, mild, when the inflammatory exudate is the hearing level and the condition of the serofibrinous with only a few round cells. If ear is functionally better, then an attempt the inflammatory process continues the should be made to preserve the labyrinth at exudate becomes purulent, then the condition operation. The In more extensive cases, where the whole patient suffers from severe attacks of vertigo. The patient Otogenic Intracranial Infection lies on the sound ear and looks towards the Infection spreads from the middle ear cleft diseased ear. In purulent It may travel upwards into the middle cranial labyrinthitis the vestibular symptoms are fossa or backwards into the posterior fossa. The patient lies in bed curled Coalescent bony erosion in acute otitis up on the side of his healthy ear. When the infection reaches weeks and is complete within 4 to 6 weeks of the dura or the sinus wall, these tissues the attack as by this time the central mecha- respond by the formation of granulations and nism compensates for the loss of one labyrinth. Treatment If the dura fails in limiting the infection, Labyrinthitis arising from an attack of acute it gets necrosed and subdural abscess may otitis media is treated by an intensive course occur from where the meninges get involved. Complications of Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media 73 The infection may also travel to the brain abscess and evacuating its contents by the tissue through the perivascular space. Focal removal of the bone till the healthy dura is necrosis and liquefaction may follow, with exposed. The abscess cavity gets encapsulated, expands and Sinus Thrombophlebitis presents as a space-occupying lesion. Lateral sinus thrombosis occurs due to direct extension of the disease from the mastoid and Clinical Features of the Intracranial Infection is often preceded by the perisinus abscess.

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The sweat glands, the hair and the subcutaneous fat are other parts of the skin that assist in thermal homeostasis. Evaporation of sweat assists loss of body heat, and the subcutaneous fat and hair help conserve heat because of their insulating functions. We are subjected to a constant barrage of mechanical stimuli, which vary in intensity, direction, area to which they are delivered and rate of delivery. The der- mis contains a network of oriented, tough, collagenous fibres, in the interstices of which there is a viscid proteoglycan ground substance as well as elastic fibres and fibroblasts. Most of the mechanical response to physical stimuli is due to dermal connective tissue. This means that skin extends in response to a linear force and will tend to regain its original length after release of the force (elastic). Skin is also said to be anisotropic, as its 25 Skin damage from environmental hazards mechanical properties vary according to the orientation of the body axis in which the mechanical stimulus is delivered. The anisotropy results from the orientation of the collagen fibres, which vary according to site. Different resting tensions result from the differing orientations and account for the development of broad and ugly scars if incisions are made across the main orientation of the collagen fibres rather than parallel to it. Langer’s lines (made by joining the long axes of circular incisions pulled by the internal forces over the skin surface) were an early attempt at reveal- ing the resting tensions in skin. However, they did not take into account important additional local considerations specific to each anatomical region. The responses to mechanical stimuli vary according to the rate of delivery of the stimulus, i. They are also dependent on the ‘stress history’ of the anatomical part – recent stress history being more important than distant. Damage caused by toxic substances Skin encounters substances with widely ranging toxicities. It must be remembered that many agents used in treatment, such as corticosteroids and salicylic acid, are systemically absorbed when placed on the skin and may cause systemic toxicity. Detergents, alkaline soaps and lubricating oils are some of the substances that can damage the skin after repeated contact. They damage the horny layer by removing complex lipids and glycoproteins from the intercorneocyte space and then irritate the epidermis, causing a dermatitis characterized by oedema and the presence of inflammatory cells (Fig. More heavily pigmented individuals are more resistant, but fair-skinned, blue-eyed people, and especially red-haired indi- viduals, are particularly sensitive. Celtic people are especially vulnerable, though the basis for their vulnerability is not clear. Blister beetles release vesicants (including cantharidin) when crushed on the skin. Colloquially known as ‘Spanish fly’, the substance, unjustifiably, had the reputation of being an aphrodisiac. Acneiform response Some materials particularly irritate the hair follicles and stimulate the production of sticky horn, causing comedos and an acneiform folliculitis (Fig. Cocoa butter, thick, oily materials including paraffin waxes and substances such as iso- Figure 3. Cosmetics induced by cosmetic were at one time often to blame, but now rarely have this effect because of rigor- preparations. Lubricating and cutting oils may cause ‘oil folliculitis’ or ‘oil acne’ in machine workers at skin sites that come into contact with the oil. Pigmentary disorders from toxic substances Some materials can injure melanocytes, causing depigmented patches that may closely resemble vitiligo (see page 297). Substances used in the rubber industry – notably the additive paratertiary butyl phenol – are notorious for causing such a problem. Depigmentation may occur as a temporary phenomenon after irritant dermatitis or other inflammatory dermatoses. This can be persistent as it results from the release of melanin particles from injured keratinocytes, which are then engulfed by macro- phages, resulting in a ‘tattoo’. Sunburn is easily recog- nized by the redness and, when severe, swelling and blistering as well. For some unexplained reason, it is quite sharply restricted to the area of skin exposed. The affected area is very sore and, if blistered and extensive, makes the individual feel unwell and even require in-patient management as for a thermal burn. Sensitivity is conventionally graded as follows in answer to the question ‘Do you burn or tan in the sun? It is thought to play a role in causing the dermal degeneration known as solar elastosis, which is mainly respon- sible for the appearance of ageing as well as contributing to the cause of skin can- cer. Mary has blond hair, blue eyes and pale skin, whereas Louise has brown hair and eyes and slightly darker skin. Mary has found that she becomes red and sunburnt easily and cannot tan, but Louise can stay in the sun longer without burning.

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As of the late 1990s, two or more dengue viruses are endemic or periodically epidemic in virtually all of the Caribbean and Latin America including Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, the Guyanas, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela, and central America. Dengue was introduced into Easter Island, Chile in 2002 and reintroduced into Argentina at the northern border with Brazil. Epidemics may occur wherever vectors are present and virus is introduced, whether in urban or rural areas. Reservoir—The viruses are maintained in a human/Aedes aegypti mosquito cycle in tropical urban centers; a monkey/mosquito cycle may serve as a reservoir in the forests of southeastern Asia and western Africa. This is a day biting species, with increased biting activity for 2 hours after sunrise and several hours before sunset. Patients are infective for mosquitoes from shortly before the febrile period to the end thereof, usually 3 5 days. The mosquito becomes infective 8 12 days after the viraemic blood-meal and remains so for life. Susceptibility—Susceptibility in humans is universal, but children usually have a milder disease than adults. Recovery from infection with one serotype provides lifelong homologous immunity but only short-term protection against other serotypes and may exacerbate disease upon subsequent infections (see Dengue hemorrhagic fever). Preventive measures: 1) Educate the public and promote behaviours to remove, destroy or manage mosquito vector larval habitats, which for Ae. Control of patient, contacts and the immediate environment: 1) Report to local health authority: Obligatory report of epidem- ics; case reports, Class 4 (see Reporting). Until the fever subsides, pre- vent access of day biting mosquitoes to patients by screening the sickroom or using a mosquito bednet, preferably insecti- cide-impregnated, for febrile patients, or by spraying quarters with a knockdown adulticide or residual insecticide. If dengue occurs near possible jungle foci of yellow fever, immunize the population against yellow fever because the urban vector for the two diseases is the same. Acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin) is contraindicated because of its hemorrhagic potential. Epidemic measures: 1) Search for and destroy Aedes mosquitoes in sites of human habitation, and eliminate or apply larvicide to all potential Ae. Disaster implications: Epidemics can be extensive and affect a high percentage of the population. International measures: Enforce international agreements designed to prevent the spread of Ae. Identification—A severe mosquito-transmitted viral illness en- demic in much of southern and southeastern Asia, the Pacific and Latin America, characterized by increased vascular permeability, hypovolaemia and abnormal blood clotting mechanisms. Prompt oral or intravenous fluid therapy may reduce hematocrit rise and require alternate observa- tions to document increased plasma leakage. Coincident with defervescence and decreasing platelet count, the pa- tient’s condition suddenly worsens in severe cases, with marked weak- ness, restlessness, facial pallor and often diaphoresis, severe abdominal pain and circumoral cyanosis. In severe cases, findings include accumulation of fluids in serosal cavities, low serum albumin, elevated transaminases, a prolonged prothrombin time and low levels of C3 complement protein. Case-fatality rates in mistreated shock have been as high as 40%–50%; with good physiological fluid replacement therapy, rates should be 1%–2%. IgM antibody, indicating a current or recent flavivirus infection, is usually detectable by day 6–7 after onset of illness. Viruses can be isolated from blood during the acute febrile stage of illness by inoculation to mosquitoes or cell cultures. In out- breaks in the Americas, the disease is observed in all age groups although two-thirds of fatalities occur among children. Reservoir, Mode of transmission, Incubation period and Period of communicability—See Dengue fever. Susceptibility—The best-described risk factor is the circulation of heterologous dengue antibody, acquired passively in infants or actively from an earlier infection. Such antibodies may enhance infection of mononuclear phagocytes through the formation of infectious immune complexes. Geographic origin of dengue strain, age, gender and human genetic susceptibility are also important risk factors. Control of patient, contacts and immediate environment: 1), 2), 3), 4), 5) and 6) Report to local health authority, Isolation, Concurrent disinfection, Quarantine, Immuniza- tion of contacts and Investigation of contacts and source of infection: See Dengue fever. The rate of fluid administration must be judged by estimates of loss, usually through serial microhematocrit urine output and clinical monitoring. Blood transfusions are indicated for massive bleeding or in cases with unstable signs or a true fall in hematocrit. The use of heparin to manage clinically signifi- cant hemorrhage occurring in the presence of well-docu- mented disseminated intravascular coagulation is high-risk and of no proven benefit. Fresh plasma, fibrinogen and platelet concentrate may be used to treat severe hemor- rhage. Epidemic measures, Disaster implications and International measures: See Dengue fever. Various genera and species of fungi known collectively as the dermatophytes are causative agents. Identification—A fungal disease that begins as a small area of erythema and/or scaling and spreads peripherally, leaving scaly patches of temporary baldness.

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