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Functional Dyspepsia - Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management
Risk factors: Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, Psychological comorbidity, Helicobacter pylori infection,
Diagnosis and Management ... sex, Smoking Symptoms ... : Bothersome symptoms ... a structurally normal ... #Diagnosis #Management
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
 -
Pott's Disease in ... Diagnosis and Management ... Clinical Signs/Symptoms ... decreased reflexes Pathophysiology ... CMC_IM #Potts #Disease
Cardiac Amyloid - Diagnosis, Signs, Symptoms and Management

Clinical Presentation
- exertional dyspnea
- peripheral edema
- exertional syncope
- peripheral
Diagnosis, Signs, Symptoms ... and Management ... hepatomegaly - normal ... - conduction disease ... #Signs #Symptoms
Xeropthalmia: Pathogenesis and Ocular Manifestations

Decr Visual pigment -> Keratinization, thickening & non-wetting of the conjunctiva
Xerophthalmia - abnormal ... #Xeropthalmia #pathophysiology ... #ophthalmology ... diagnosis #signs #symptoms
Central Retinal Artery Occlusion: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Inflammatory Disease: (i.e. GCA, SLE, GPA) ->
• Inflammatory Disease ... congenital defects) -> Abnormal ... Occlusion #CRAO #pathophysiology ... #ophthalmology ... diagnosis #signs #symptoms
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 #symptoms
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC) - Summary

PBC Epidemiology:
 • Female:Male 9:1
 • Common European descent
 • Age:
65 years PBC Pathophysiology ... PBC Signs and Symptoms ... but elevated as disease ... pregnancy, Cardiac diseases ... , IgG4 related disease
Features of a Sickle Cell Crisis 
Sickle-cell disease - an autosomal recessive blood disorder.
Characterized by red
Sickle-cell disease ... that adopt an abnormal ... Sickle cell disease ... The underlying pathophysiology ... Features #Signs #Symptoms
Optic Neuritis - Diagnosis and Management
 • Epidemiology: Female (75%), 18-50 years,
caucasian
 • Symptoms: Moderate visual
Diagnosis and Management ... caucasian • Symptoms ... lesions (a), Brain: normal ... other auto-immune diseases ... #rheumatology #ophthalmology
Polycythemia Vera (PV) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Diagnostic Criteria:
 • Elevated hemoglobin and/or hematocrit AND
 •
Diagnosis and Management ... JAK2 mutation OR Abnormally ... When present, symptoms ... von Willebrand disease ... PV #Diagnosis #Management