A comprehensive clinical examination is the basis for selecting further diagnostic steps:
- General physical examination – including blood pressure, pulse, body temperature, body weight, body height; furthermore:
- Inspection (viewing).
- Skin, mucous membranes and sclerae (white part of the eye).
- 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) [e.g., if foreign bodies are suspected in the nose].
- Neurological examination – [e. E.g., if cerebrospinal rhinorrhea is suspected (e.g., after traumatic brain injury (TBI)]
Square brackets [ ] indicate possible pathological (pathological) physical findings.
