What issues and / or dilemmas may surround the following common conditions:

Example:

Sore throat  -  Likely causative organism?
                Treat or not treat?
                Symptom presented to assess you, the doctor, for
                presentation of more important problem?
                Symptom of more serious underlying disorder?
                Patient expectation of doctor?
                Doctor's assumption of patient's expectations?
                Use of antibiotics in women on the pill?
                Tonsillectomy? etc etc



	Wax in ears (including children and patients with known perforated drum)

	Epistaxis

	Otitis media  (and "glue ear")

	Otitis externa

	Eustachian catarrh

	Positional vertigo

	Rhinitis  (acute and perennial)

	Request for hearing aid

	Frontal sinusitis

	Maxillary sinusitis

	Hoarseness

	Croup

	Aphthous ulcers

	Tinnitus

	And any other ENT problems that concern you . . .




                                  This tutorial provided by Andrew Crawshaw - 1998 - Mevagissey