MANAGEMENT PT STABLE? NOT STABLE? LOCATION/ EXTENT OF SWELLING? MEDICALLY COMPROMISED? REQUIRE I&D? XLA MEDICATION
CASE SCENARIO 1 32/M/FEMALE UNDERLYING: DM, HPT PRESENTED WITH C/O PAIN AND SWELLING SINCE 3/7 ASSOCIATED WITH SHORTNESS OF BREATH, CHEST PAIN ODYNOPHAGIA, DYSPHAGIA HOARSENES OF VOICE TOOTHACHE
CASE SCENARIO 2 20/M/M NKMI/NKDA PRESENTED WITH C/O SWELLING AND PAIN SINCE 5/7 ASSOCIATED WITH TOOTHACHE NO ODYNOPHAGIA, NO DYSPHAGIA PAIN AT SWELLING SITE WHEN SWALLOW AND EATING LIMITED MOUTH OPENING
CASE SCENARIO 3 30/M/F U/L DM C/O: PAIN AND SWELLING SINCE YESTERDAY
CASE SCENARIO 4 79/C/F U/L DM, HPT, IHD C/O SWELLING OVER FACE SINCE 2 DAYS AGO ASSOCIATED WITH DIFFICUTIES IN BREATHING FULLY EDENTULOUS
CASE SCENARIO 5 25/M/F NKMI C/O SEVERE TOOTHACHE AT UPPER LEFT FRONT TEETH REGION 2 ND EPISODE OF PAIN HAD PREVIOUS HX OF SWELLING, RESOLVED AFTER TAKING ANTIBIOTICS
TAKEAWAY EARLY MANAGEMENT OF SWELLING ANTIBIOTICS MAY NOT ALWAYS WORK, MANAGE TO SOURCE KNOW THE UNDERLYING MEDICAL CONDITION AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE