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GEM - Curriculum Statement 15.4 ENT and Facial Problems

Last edited 22 Nov 2023

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Curriculum Statement 15.3 ENT and Facial Problems

Emboldened terms are linked to GPnotebook entries.

Symptoms:

hearing loss
- Hearing loss section on GPnotebook
ear wax
- ear wax reference from GPnotebook
otalgia
- otalgia reference from GPnotebook
discharging ear
- discharging ear reference from GPnotebook
dizziness
- dizziness section on GPnotebook
tinnitus
- tinnitus section on GPnotebook
epistaxis
- epistaxis section on GPnotebook
sore throat
- sore throat section on GPnotebook
hoarseness
- hoarseness section on GPnotebook
dysphagia
- dysphagia section on GPnotebook
croup
- croup section on GPnotebook
goitre
- goitre section on GPnotebook
lymph nodes and other neck swellings
- neck swelling section on GPnotebook
speech delay
- speech delay section on GPnotebook
foreign bodies
- foreign body in the ear reference from GPnotebook
- foreing body in the nose reference from GPnotebook
facial weakness
- facial nerve palsy section on GPnotebook

Common and/or important conditions:

otitis media (suppurative/secretory)
- otitis media section on GPnotebook
otitis externa
- otitis externa section on GPnotebook
perforated tympanic membrane
- perforated tympanic membrane reference on GPnotebook
cholesteatoma
- cholesteatoma section on GPnotebook
vertigo
- vertigo section on GPnotebook
Ménière?s disease
- Meniere's disease section on GPnotebook
Bell?s palsy
- Bell's palsy section on GPnotebook
tempero-mandibular pain
- temperomandibular joint section on GPnotebook
trigeminal neuralgia
- trigeminal neuralgia section on GPnotebook
pharyngitis
- pharyngitis section on GPnotebook
tonsillitis
- tonsillitis section on GPnotebook
laryngitis
- laryngitis section on GPnotebook
glandular fever
- glandular fever section on GPnotebook
oral candida, herpes
- oral candida section on GPnotebook
- herpes simplex section on GPnotebook
salivary stones
- salivary stones section on GPnotebook
gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD)
- GORD section on GPnotebook
Infective and allergic rhinitis
- rhinitis section on GPnotebook
sinusitis
- sinusitis section on GPnotebook
nasal polyps
- nasal polyps section on GPnotebook
Nasal fracture
- nasal fracture section on GPnotebook
haematoma auris
- haematoma auris section on GPnotebook
snoring and sleep apnoea
- snoring section on GPnotebook
- sleep apnoea section on GPnotebook
suspected head and neck cancer
- guidance for referral of suspected head and neck cancer on GPnotebook
unilateral hearing loss in the absence of external ear pathology or obvious cause

Investigation:

otoscopy
- otoscopy reference on GPnotebook
tuning fork tests
- tuning fork tests section on GPnotebook
Awareness of:
- pure tone threshold audiogram
  - pure tone audiogram section on GPnotebook
- speech audiometry, impedance tympanometry, auditory brainstem responses and otoacoustic emissions
  - speech audiometry reference on GPnotebook
  - impedance audiometry reference on GPnotebook
investigations may delay referral in suspected head and neck cancer

Treatment:

watchful waiting and use of delayed prescriptions
nasal cautery
fractured nose (need manipulation under anaesthetic within two weeks for optimum result)
- nasal fracture section on GPnotebook
Emergency care:
- septal haematoma
  - septal haematoma section on GPnotebook
- epistaxis
  - epistaxis section on GPnotebook
- tonsillitis with quinsy
  - tonsillitis section on GPnotebook
- oitis externa if extremely blocked or painful
  - otitis externa section on GPnotebook
- foreign body
  - foreign body in the ear reference from GPnotebook
  - foreing body in the nose reference from GPnotebook
- auricular haematoma or perichondritis
  - haematoma auris section on GPnotebook

Prevention:

screening for hearing impairment in adults and children
awareness of iatrogenic causes of ototoxicity.

GPnotebook educational modules (GEMs):

GEM - ENT problems

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