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66. A child of 6 month age developed upper respiratory tract infections. He gets airway obstructions while asleep, but relieves while he wakes up and crying. Which of the following best describes the situation?
a) Tongue falls back during sleep
b) Big tonsils obstructs the air-ways
c) Much edema of the throat & secretions causes the obstructions
d) Collapse of the soft trachea
e) Lack of immunization of child
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| exam
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Any ideas guys??
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| mani
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a) Tongue falls back during sleep?
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| nisha
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sounds a lot like choanal atresia don't it?
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| mani
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in choanla atresia, baby becomes cyanosed (becauses infants are nose breathers) which is relieved by crying (that allows them to breath through mouth)!
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| ARJ
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Thanks Mani
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| sandra
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is this choanal atresia? if it was, it would've been diagnosed long back..child is 6 m old. whats the answer? anyone?
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| darkhorse
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tracheomalacia.....dddd...not sure...usually gets worse with URTI
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| neuroblastoma
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Laryngomalacia-- weakness of the muscles of the throat
a) Tongue falls back during sleep
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laryngomalacia
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