Question

The child is sent home with a prescription for both oral and nebulized glucocorticoid medications. Nurses instruct the mother to call in case the child’s condition does not improve or worsens. The next morning when the mother goes to get the child up, she notes that the child continues with a harsh cough and fever. Instead of going back to the pediatrician’s office, she drives to the emergency department at a nearby hospital. The physician suspects a more serious illness and is fearful that further examination may upset the child and further increase the boy’s respiratory distress or cause complete obstruction. A lateral neck image is taken with the child on the mother’s lap. The image shows no swelling in the cervical area and no foreign object. Consequently, the emergency department physician suspects that the child may have: 1. Peritonsillar abscess 2. Bacterial tracheitis 3. Bronchopulmonary dysplasia 4. Tracheomalacia

Answer 1

Answer:Peritonsillar abscess

( This condition generally occurs due to the spread if infection behind the tonsil. The symptoms include such as fever, severe cough, inability to breath properly.)