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Heat Illnesses and Heat Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Heat Cramps:
 • Muscle pain or spasm -
Heat Stroke - Differential ... Syncope • Signs/Symptoms ... heat stress • Criteria ... temperatures • Criteria ... #differential #
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
• Spinal Cord: Demyelinating ... metals), Critical illness ... Shellfish poisoning, Meds ... Weakness #Causes #differential
Functional Dyspepsia Syndromes - Epigastric Pain Syndrome (EPS) and Postprandial Distress Syndrome (PDS)
Epigastric Pain Syndrome (EPS):
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pathology • Criteria ... >3 months • Symptoms ... Postprandial fullness ... pathology • Criteria ... >3 months • Symptoms
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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HIV / AIDS - Differential ... CD4 Variable • Symptoms ... disorders • Symptoms ... CD4 < 100 • Demyelinating ... #Infections #differential
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
Visual or auditory symptoms ... conjunction with symptoms ... nervous system (CNS ... antibody-associated demyelination ... #inflammatory #differential
Causes of School Difficulties - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Social Skills Deficit and Atypical Behaviour
• Consider Autism Spectrum
Difficulties - Differential ... Trauma Psychiatric Illness ... Difficulties • Check Criteria ... #Difficulties #Differential ... Algorithm #Causes #Peds
13 Dangerous Causes of Headache:
 - subarachnoid hemorrhage: family history, PCKD, known berry aneurysm, sudden and
hypertension - CNS ... immunocompromise, CNS ... contacts with similar illness ... shoulder girdle symptoms ... Dangerous #Deadly #Differential
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
CNS Infections - ... Coltivirus Symptoms ... influenzae Symptoms ... second phase of the illness ... Singh @rav7ks #CNS
DEMYELINATING DISEASES OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

What Are Demyelinating Diseases?
• Conditions that damage myelin, the protective
DEMYELINATING DISEASES ... nervous system (CNS ... bands, McDonald criteria ... diseases #neurology #CNS ... #Differential #
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
that results in CNS ... Diagnostic Criteria ... Bilateral signs and/or symptoms ... Etiologies: • Demyelination ... management #neurology #differential