A comprehensive clinical examination is the basis for selecting further diagnostic steps:
- General physical examination – including blood pressure, pulse, body weight, height; further:
- Inspection (viewing).
- Skin and mucous membranes
- Oral cavity, posterior pharyngeal wall, palatine tonsil
- Dental status
- Palpation (palpation) of the nerve pressure points.
- Inspection (viewing).
- ENT medical examination – including anterior and posterior rhinoscopy (reflection of the nasal cavity from the nostril or nasopharynx), inspection of the nasopharynx (nasopharynx).
- Health check
