WK 9 - MOUTH AND THROAT

Check all the normal findings in the mouth

• Moist

• Skin intact

• Pink

• Halitosis

• Crepitus

Deviation from normal: Cracking and drying appearance of the lips caused by dehydration or lip licking

• Cheilosis

• Angioedema

• Cheilitis

• Chancre

Deviation from normal: Swelling and fissure on the corner of the lips

• Cheilosis

• Cheilitis

• Chancre

• Angioedema

• Pallor

Deviation from normal: Bad breath due to poor oral hygiene or gastrointestinal problem

• Gingival Hyperplasia

• Halitosis

• Aphthous Ulcer

• Gums Recession

6. PERRLA is a medical abbreviation that means:

• Pupil Equal Round Reactive to light

• Pupil Equal Round Reactive to Light and Accomodation

• Pupil Equally Red and Reactive to Light and Accomodation

• Pupil Equally Red and Non Reactive to Light and Accomodation

Ask patient to hold their mouth open while you try to close it; with patients eyes closed, touch face with cotton and have them identify which area is being touched; touch cornea with cotton.

• CN I

• CN VIII

• CN IX

• CN V

Deviation from normal: Painful swelling of the parotid gland

• Infection

• Tender Parotid

• Parotitis

• Macroglossia

Check all the normal findings when palpated the lips

• Soft

• Non-tender

• Symmetry

• No masses

Check all salivary glands

• Submandibular

• Sublingual

• Parotid

• Maxillary

Inspection of the mouth indicates signs of anemia

• Pallor

• Cyanosis

• Jaundice

• Icteric