Name
NASAL DISCHARGE
DESCRIPTION
DETAIL
CAUSES : 1. CONGENITAL - CHOANAL ATRESIA 2. INFECTIVE - ACUTE RHINITIS - SINUSITIS - ENLARGED ADENOIDS - CASEOUS RHINITIS - FUNGUS INFECTION - ATRPHIC RHINITIS - CHR INFECTIVE GRANULOMAS LIKE * SYPHILIS * TUBERCULOSIS * LEPROSY - RHINOSCLEROMA 3. TRAUMA - FOREIGN BODY - RHINOLITH - INHAILED IRRITANT GASES OR VAPOURS - FRACTURED ANTERIOR FOSSA - EXCESSIVE COLD 4. HYPERSENSITIVITY - VASOMOTOR RHINITIS - PERENNIAL NASAL ALLERGY - SEASONAL NASAL ALLERGY(POLLINOSIS) - NASAL POLYPS 5. NEOPLASTIC - CARCINOMA OF NASAL FOSSA , NASOPHARYNX OR SINUS - MALIGNANT GRANULOMA - WEGENERS GRANULOMA 6. OLD AGE - SENILE RHINORRHOEAOTHER TESTS : * ENDOSCOPIC EXAMINATION OF NASO PHARYNX * NASAL DISCHARGE FOR WET SMEAR EXAMINATION & FOR C/S .
TYPENOTES
RELATED DISEASE
Not Available Disease
DISEASE
INVESTIGATION
ABSOLUTE EOSINOPHIL COUNT, VDRL, SERUM IGA, MONTOUX TEST, IGG MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS, X-RAY P.N.S. ( WATERS VIEW ), COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT, CT SCAN, THROAT SWAB FOR C / S TEST, BIOPSY