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Do you experience tongue or mouth sores or lesion |
Painful , recurrent ulcers in the mouth are seen with aphthous stomatitis |
| Do you experience redness swelling ,bleeding or pain in the gums or mouth |
Red swollen gums that bleed easily occur in early gum disease ( gingivitis) |
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| Do you have pain over your sinuses |
Sinusitis may cause pressure pain over sinuses |
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| Do you experience nosebleed | Nose bleed may be seen with over use of nasal sprays, hypertension ,leukemia, or other blood disorder |
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| Do you experience frequent clear or mucous drainage from the nose? |
Thin watery ,clear nasal drainage ( rhinorrhea) can indicates a chronic allergy or a cerebrospinal fluid leakage |
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| Can you breathe through both of your nostrils |
Inability to breathe through both nostrils may indicate sinus congestion or deviated septum |
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| Have you experienced a change in the ability to smell or test |
A decrease in the ability to smell may occur with upper respiratory infection ,smoking or neurologic lesion |
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| Do you have difficulty chewing or swallowing food? |
Difficulty swallowing dysphagia may be seen in esophagus a disorders ,anxiety ,poor fitting dentures |
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| Do you have a sore throat? Describe |
Throat irritation and soreness are common with sinus drainage or viral or bacterial infection |
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| Do you experience hoarseness? | Hoarseness is associated with upper respiratory infection .allergies ,smoking ,inhalation of irritant ,over use of voice |
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