Epiglottis Case Studies

It is important to diagnose acute epiglottis as soon as possible because it is a life-threatening disorder with serious complication (National Institutes of Health, 2012). It causes inflammatory edema of the arytenoids, aryepiglottic folds and the epiglottis (National Institutes of Health, 2012). Hemophilus influenza type B (Hib), is the organism responsible for epiglottitis, but because of the widespread use of Hemophilus influenza vaccination g A, b-hemolytic streptococci is now more frequent (National Institutes of Health, 2012). Clinical manifestation of epiglottitis is acute onset of high fever, painful sore throat, and difficulty in swallowing (National Institutes of Health, 2012). A patient who comes to the clinic complaining of a sore