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Facial weakness and Bell palsy
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1-2 days) Facial pain: usually mild pain in the face or behind the ear (common in Bell palsy) Dry eyes … eye care to prevent corneal abrasions (dry eye syndrome) Lubricating (Hypromellose) ocular drops … and poor tear clearance from the eyes Previous similar episodes Red flags for conditions other than Bell …
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Wound dressings - acute traumatic wounds
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: animal/human bites penetrating wounds of vital structures (eg eye) contaminated wounds especially when … Options Review Time Graze, abrasions - clean Keep dry Film, tulle, fixation sheet or dry 2 days Graze …, abrasions - soiled Keep dry Dry or tulle 2 days Lacerations - sutured/ glued/ closed Protect and minimise …
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Anticholinergic syndrome
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, mydriasis, dry mouth and tachycardia. Serious symptoms include seizures, coma and cardiac conduction … characterises this toxidrome. Peripheral inhibition is variable - but the symptoms may include: hot, dry skin …": Fever "Red as a beet:" Flushed skin "Blind as a bat": Mydriasis "Dry as a bone": Dry mouth, dry …
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Micronutrient deficiency
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be performed including checking for skin changes (including pallor), dry eyes, oral mucosa and gum changes …, ecchymosis, purpura, dry eyes and mouth, corkscrew hair Diets without fruit and vegetables Vitamin D … blindness, dry conjunctiva, corneal ulceration, blindness Dry skin and pruritis Increased susceptibility …
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Lacerations
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by dirt or foreign bodies Associated injuries (eg head/ cervical spine in falls, eye in facial trauma …, remember facial nerve, parotid/ lacrimal ducts, medial canthus of the eye if a deep laceration cannot … infection Keep dry for 72 hours Tissue adhesive (eg Dermabond™) Can be used on wounds which have clean edges …
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Dehydration
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Pale or mottled Extremities Warm Warm Cold Peripheral pulses Normal Normal Weak Eyes & fontanelle … Not sunken Sunken Deeply sunken Mucous membranes Moist Dry Dry Skin turgor Instant recoil Mildly decreased …
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Immune thrombocytopenic purpura
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, fever, sweats or infective symptoms Rash, arthritis, myalgias, dry eyes, mouth ulcers, recurrent …
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Diabetic ketoacidosis
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, irritable normal or tachycardic tachypnoea mildly decreased tissue turgor dry mucous membranes prolonged … refill time sunken eyes/fontanelle Investigations Bloods - insert IV cannula when taking bloods Serum …