After a long break, I am rejoining the tour of the human body as examined by a physician.  To view the previous posts on physical exam, please follow this link.
We now move down the body to the neck.  The neck seems to simply be a connection of the head to the torso.  It seems to […]

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OK, before we head to the neck, I need to make a trip back upstairs - to see if there is anybody home.
Yes, it is time for the mental status exam.  This is actually often overlooked by many physicians as a normal part of the exam.  We use it in both adult and pediatric medicine […]

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We were briefly distracted by the funny thingy hanging down in front of us (the uvula) but now we can go where the money is.  While there is not literally money in the tonsils, there is much to be made from them from a historical standpoint.
The exam of the mouth will often focus on the […]

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In my most recent physical exam post, I dealt with the mouth from outside in. We made it as far as the tongue, and so now carry on with our voyage toward the back of the throat. The last post was fairly long, so I will break it down into smaller parts.
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As opposed to the nose, which gets very little press when it comes to physical exam notation, the mouth exam is quite eventful.  Many things happen in the mouth that attract our attention and hence we tend to write a lot about the mouth.  That is why I am dividing up my articles on […]

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