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Pathogenesis of Anxiety Disorders

Anxiety Disorders: A maladaptive emotional state causing fear,
worry, and excessive stress, characterized by:
Pathogenesis of Anxiety ... foreboding or apprehension ... Imbalance and/or abnormal ... #Disorders #Pathophysiology ... #diagnosis #psychiatry
Vasospastic (Prinzmetal) Angina
Definition / Epidemiology:
 • Rest angina attributed to coronary artery vasospasm.
 • Patients often
Pathophysiology: ... • Normal exercise ... troponin elevation Diagnosis ... #cardiology #diagnosis ... #management
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
Risk factors: Previous acute enteric infection, Female
Syndrome (IBS) - Pathophysiology ... , Diagnosis and ... Management Algorithm ... Somatisation, Anxiety ... #Diagnosis #Management
Functional Dyspepsia - Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management
Risk factors: Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, Psychological comorbidity, Helicobacter pylori infection,
Functional Dyspepsia - Pathophysiology ... Management Risk ... a structurally normal ... Functional #Dyspepsia #Pathophysiology ... #Diagnosis #Management
Erectile Dysfunction: Pathogenesis

Erectile Dysfunction - Persistent or recurrent inability to achieve an erection sufficient to achieve
erection present -> Anxiety ... overactivity -> Normal ... NO release -> Abnormal ... #Dysfunction #Pathophysiology ... #Urology #Diagnosis
Bipolar Disorder: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • Disruption of emotional homeostasis
 • Oscillation between mood states
Definite periods of normal ... - Incr guilt, anxiety ... MoodDisorders #Diagnosis ... #Pathophysiology
Xeropthalmia: Pathogenesis and Ocular Manifestations

Decr Visual pigment -> Keratinization, thickening & non-wetting of the conjunctiva
Xerophthalmia - abnormal ... #Xeropthalmia #pathophysiology ... #ophthalmology ... #diagnosis #signs
Periorbital Cellulitis: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Definitions:
a. Dacryoadenitis: infection of the lacrimal glands
b. Conjunctivitis: inflammation of the
should reveal normal ... acuity If any are abnormal ... Periorbital #Cellulitis #pathophysiology ... #ophthalmology ... #diagnosis #signs
Abnormalities in Rate and Rhythm of Breathing 
Normal 
The respiratory rate is about 14—20 per min
of Breathing Normal ... including exercise, anxiety ... Children and aging ... Abnormalities #Abnormal ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam
BRASH Syndrome

B - Bradycardia
R - Renal failure
A - AV nodal blockade
S - Shock
H - Hyperkalemia

Typical ECG
balanced fluids" > normal ... BRASH #Syndrome #diagnosis ... #management #pathophysiology