TIL: If you see an ear defect at birth, look at the kidneys. These two structures develop at the same time, so if something non-congenital like an infection or teratogenic substance (alcohol, drugs, tobacco) caused a malformation of the ears, it is likely to have altered the development of the kidneys as well.
Rubella causes blueberry muffin babies. They are not tasty or part of some twisted fairytale, but bleeding from small blood vessels under the skin, giving them bruise-like marks reminiscent of a buried blueberry in a muffin.
Stridor is a high pitched squeak typically heard upon inspiration and caused by an upper airway obstruction. This is in comparison to a wheeze which is usually heard on expiration and caused by a lower airway obstruction, as with asthma. The prototypical cause of stridor in young children is croup (aka laryngotracheobronchitis), a viral respiratory infection of the vocal cords and windpipe.
There was a moment today, which happens periodically, when a professor assumes we know some basic term that, due to our complete lack of experience, we don't. Today's was "coryza," which is the fancy medical term for having a runny nose and watery eyes.
And lastly:
TORCH is yet another really dumb mnemonic. This one is for the types of infections that can be transferred from mother to child during pregnancy or birth.
Toxoplasma
Other (parvovirus B19, varicella, clamydia, ghonorea, etc)
Rubella
CMV
Herpes, HIV, Hepatitis
Toxoplasma
Other (parvovirus B19, varicella, clamydia, ghonorea, etc)
Rubella
CMV
Herpes, HIV, Hepatitis
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