A manual of diseases of the nose and throat / by Cornelius Godfrey Coakley.

Date:
1906
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Credit: A manual of diseases of the nose and throat / by Cornelius Godfrey Coakley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    sneezing, feeling of stuffiness in the head, and a pecu- liar dry and irritable condition of the raucous inein- brane of the nose. In a few hours there is a profuse watery discharge. This at times may be irritating, and with the frequent use of the handkerchief produces a redness and even an excoriation at the entrance of the nose and the adjacent portions of the lips. Frontal headache is quite common. There is usually more or less abolition of the senses of smell and taste; there may be loss of appetite and a slight rise in temperature. If the inflammation persists for many days, there may bo a feelinof of stuffiness in the ears. The voice has a o peculiar nasal twang. During the first few days the nose is often so completely occluded as to necessitate breathing entirely through the mouth. This results in a very dry condition of the tlu’oat, and frequently leads to secondary pharyngitis and laryngitis. After four or five days the discharge becomes less watery and thicker, like the white of an egg, and later mucopurulent. In nursing children, where the nose is completely blocked there is considerable difficulty in their being able to take nourishment properly, having to stop and catch their breath frequently during this act. The disease lasts from five or six days to three weeks. Complications. The common complications of this affection are extension of inflammation to the frontal, maxillary, and ethmoidal sinuses, extension through the Eustachian tubes to the middle ear, and extension into the pharynx, larynx, trachea, and bronchi. These com- plications are more apt to take place in those forms of acute rhinitis that are associated with influenza, al- though they may occur with any attack. Examination. Examining the nose, it will be found