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Major Categories of Diarrhea - Characteristics and Symptoms

#Diagnosis #Diarrhea #Categories #Classification #Symptoms #Comparison #Table
Categories of Diarrhea ... Characteristics and Symptoms ... #Diagnosis #Diarrhea ... Classification #Symptoms ... #Comparison #Table
Causes of Copper Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis
Hereditary: 
 - Menkes disease, familial hypoceruloplasminemia
Decreased / Inadequate Intake:
Causes of Copper ... - Differential Diagnosis ... gastrectomy, prolonged diarrhea ... Parenteral or enteral ... #nutrition
TABLE 2. Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) sub-classifications
lBS-diarrhoea (IBS-D)
 - >25% loose or watery stools; <25% hard
TABLE 2. ... lumpy stools - Symptoms ... - Symptoms often ... Subclassifications #Classes ... #Diagnosis #Diarrhea
Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis
Poor Intake 
 - Starvation
 - Anorexia
GI Losses 
 - Vomiting / NG
- Differential Diagnosis ... NG drainage - Diarrhea ... Hypomagnesemia Internal ... Low #Potassium #Table ... Classification #Causes
A toxidrome is a syndrome (set of symptoms) caused by specific medications or toxins.

There are 5
syndrome (set of symptoms ... ) caused by specific ... antihistamines #Diagnosis ... #Toxicology #Toxidromes ... #Comparison #Table
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
initiation of nutrition ... overload) Other Symptoms ... Palpitations • Diarrhea ... Refeeding #Syndrome #Nutrition ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
decades of life Causes ... and duration of symptoms ... abdominal pain, diarrhea ... #rheumatology #comparison ... #table
Hypernatremia Classification and Features According to Volume Status
 - Hypervolemic hypernatremia - Cushing's syndrome, Primary hyperaldosteronism,
hypernatremia - DI, Central ... hypernatremia - Vomiting, Diarrhea ... Classification #Features #Diagnosis ... #Comparison #Table
Peripheral Vertigo
Time course and symptoms characteristics are very helpful in distinguishing between causes of peripheral vertigo.
Benign
Time course and symptoms ... distinguishing between causes ... absent Jacobi Internal ... #differential #diagnosis ... #comparison #table
Biphasic Illness of Leptospirosis
Some patients do not progress to severe disease. Others, rapidly develop severe disease
disease w/o brief interval ... symptom improvement ... rash • Others: nausea ... abdominal pain, diarrhea ... Biphasic #Phases #Diagnosis