List Diagnostics – E
A person suffering from a violation of nasal breathing can be identified at the first glance at him. If this deficiency accompanies him from an early childhood (chronic adenoiditis), then signs of respiratory failure of the nose are detected with a single cursory examination of the face
Examination of the head may be important primarily due to the presence of changes in the sense organs. It is possible to change the shape of the head (usually congenital) in the form of microcephaly and macrocephaly. With various diseases, there is a trembling of the head, for example, in parkinsonism, in the elderly.
For examination and further examination of the abdomen, it should be sufficiently exposed. It is necessary that the inguinal areas be inspected in full. The patient should lie in a comfortable position. The room should be warm.
Coma is the most profound oppression of consciousness, in which the patient is unable to enter into verbal contact, execute commands, open eyes and react in a co-ordinated manner to pain stimuli. The coma develops with a bilateral diffuse lesion (anatomical or metabolic) of the cortex and subcortex of the cerebral hemispheres, brainstem or with combined lesions at these levels.
Dysphagia is a difficulty in swallowing, passing food through the esophagus. Pharyngeal dysphagia is a difficulty in swallowing a food lump (sometimes with a cough), it is usually caused by neuromuscular disorders.