Faiz

Aspiring Otorhinolaryngologist and Head and Neck Surgeon 💉🥼🩺

[Faiz @lFzRl]

#Eustachian tube #dysfunction is a condition where the tubes that connect your middle #ears to your upper #throat become blocked. This can lead to discomfort, #hearing difficulties and a feeling of fullness in your ear.

[Olivia Kalmanson, MD, MS @otolaryngolivia]

Spooky season otology! 👻

[Faiz @lFzRl]

#Herpangina, also called #mouth #blisters, is a painful mouth #infection caused by coxsackieviruses. Usually, herpangina is produced by one particular strain of coxsackie virus A. It can also be caused by coxsackie virus B. Most cases are in #summers

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[Journal of Brown Hospital Medicine @BrownJHM]

How brain cells communicate:

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[Dr. Scott Fortune @DrScottFortune]

#Otocommunity take a look at this

[Slava Bobrov @slava__bobrov]

How brain cells communicate:

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[Oren Gottfried, MD @OGdukeneurosurg]

Don’t skip this lesson on stopping a Nose Bleed (epistaxis).

[Faiz @lFzRl]

#Trigeminal #neuralgia is a condition that causes #painful #sensations similar to an #electric #shock on one side of the #face. This #chronic pain condition affects the trigeminal #nerve, which carries sensation from your face to your #brain

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[Faiz @lFzRl]

#Pulmonary #mucormycosis is an #UNCommon #fungal #infection most often seen in #immunocompromised patients. The #fungus grows on #decaying #Food, #soil, and #Animal #excrement. #Patients usually become #infected by inhalation of #spores

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[Faiz @lFzRl]

#Rhinocerebral #mucormycosis, also called #zygomycosis, is a rare #disease caused by #filamentous #fungi involving the #nose, #paranasal #sinuses, and #brain. It is an opportunistic #pathogen commonly found in #immunocompromised individuals.

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[Faiz @lFzRl]

#Cutaneous #mucormycosis is an emerging #fungal #infection caused by #opportunistic #fungi of the phylum #Glomeromycota. It is frequent in poorly controlled #diabetic patients and individuals with #immunosuppression.
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[Faiz @lFzRl]

#Zygomycetes represent the general class of #fungi that cause #mucormycosis. #Rhizopus arrhizus species from the #Mucoraceae #family are the most commonly identified cause of mucormycosis in #Humans.
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[Faiz @lFzRl]

#DidYouKnow
There are 5 types of #mucormycosis
1. #Cutaneous Mucormycosis ( #Skin)
2. #Rhinocerebral Mucormycosis (#sinus and #brain)
3. #Pulmonary mucormycosis ( #Lungs)
4. #Gastrointestinal Mucormycosis
5. #Disseminated Mucormycosis

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[Faiz @lFzRl]

#Mucormycosis is a serious #infection and needs to be treated with #prescription #antifungal #medicine, usually #amphotericin B, #posaconazole, or #isavuconazole. These #medicines are given through #oral route or #intravenous route
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[Faiz @lFzRl]

#Myringotomy is a #surgery performed on your #tympanic membrane (#eardrum). A tiny #incision is created in your eardrum to allow fluid to #drain from your middle #ear. Myringotomy is most often recommended to treat #otitis media with #effusion (fluid in the ear).
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[Faiz @lFzRl]

#Olfactory #neuroblastoma, or #esthesioneuroblastoma, is a tumor that grows in the #nasal #cavity. The nasal cavity has #nerves and other tissue that are responsible for the sense of smell. This kind of #tumor begins in the nasal cavity
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[Faiz @lFzRl]

The #Holman-Miller sign (also called the antral sign) is seen in #juvenile #nasopharyngeal #angiofibroma; it refers to the anterior bowing of the posterior wall of the #maxillary #antrum as seen on a lateral #skull #radiograph or cross-sectional #imaging
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[Faiz @lFzRl]

#Down #syndrome is a #genetic #disorder caused when #abnormal #cell division results in an extra full or partial copy of #chromosome 21 This extra #genetic #material causes the developmental changes and physical features of Down syndrome
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[Faiz @lFzRl]

#Pierre #Robin #sequence is classically described as a #triad of #micrognathia,#glossoptosis, and #airwayobstruction. #Infants frequently present at birth with a #hypoplastic #mandible and difficulty #breathing.The smaller mandible #displaces the #tongue posteriorly. #MedTwitter

[Faiz @lFzRl]

#Frey's Syndrome is a #syndrome that includes sweating while #eating (#gustatory #sweating) and #Facial #flushing. It is caused by #injury to a nerve, called the #auriculotemporal #nerve, typically after #surgical #trauma to the #parotid #gland.

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[Faiz @lFzRl]

#Schwannomatosis, a type of #neurofibromatosis, is a rare #genetic disorder that results in multiple #tumors (called #schwannomas) that grow on the coverings of #peripheral #nerves throughout the #body and can cause debilitating #pain and #neurological #dysfunction.
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