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Behcet's Syndrome - Treatment
Ulcers:
 • Treatment: Topical steroids
 • Prevention: Colchicine
 • Azathioprine for refractory disease
Arthritis:
Behcet's Syndrome ... : • Treatment: ... refractory lesions Ocular ... #Syndrome #Treatment ... #management #pharmacology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
ulceration • Ocular ... Leukemia, Lymphoma Ocular ... Arthritis, AS Treatment ... inhibitors • Uveitis- Ophthalmology ... #diagnosis #management
Drugs Used for the Treatment of COVID-19 Infection

** Editor Note (from ophthalmology MD input) - Hydroxychloroquine/chloroquine
Editor Note (from ophthalmology ... More precisely "macular ... Even with macular ... disease, may consider ... Pharmacology #Table #Management
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Adult-Onset Still's Disease ... autoinflammatory diseases ... • Ocular: uveitis ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #rheumatology
Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome (STSS)
Complication of invasive GAS disease characterized by shock & MOF → occurs
Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome ... of invasive GAS disease ... , erythematous macular ... #STSS #treatment ... #management #diagnosis
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Summary
Antinuclear (ANA) - 95% - Initial screening test
Anti-dsDNA - 50%
 • Associated
with more severe disease ... block • Sjogren syndrome ... polymyositis overlap syndrome ... Treatment: • ... #rheumatology #management
Acquired von Willebrand Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management
 • Autoantibodies to vWF: Lymphoproliferative disorders (e.g. lymphoma,
von Willebrand Syndrome ... Diagnosis and Management ... thrombocythemia), Autoimmune disease ... vonWillebrand #Syndrome ... #treatment #hematology
Ptosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Ptosis (Greek- to fall) Drooping of the upper eyelid that usually results
Ptosis - Neurologic disease ... lens wearing • Ocular ... • Scarring • Ocular ... Differential #Diagnosis #ophthalmology ... #ocular
Lyme Disease - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lyme Disease Epidemiology:
- Spirochete
- Reservoir: small mammals & birds
- Transmitted
and Management ... Pericarditis • Ocular ... Treatment: 1. ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #treatment
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
thyroid, Sjogren syndrome ... Ocular- 50%: Ptosis ... “dropping head syndrome ... - Kearns-Sayre syndrome ... Gravis #diagnosis #management