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Whipple Disease (Tropheryma whipplei) - Diagnostic Algorithm

Whipple's disease suspected:
 • Arthralgias, weight loss, abdominal pain, diarrhea
Algorithm Whipple's ... loss, abdominal pain ... , diarrhea • Seronegative ... unknown origin, chronic ... #diagnosis #algorithm
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Acute Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Are the following present?
   1.
Algorithm for the ... 38.50C, abdominal pain ... Ova and parasite ... #management #algorithm ... #workup #diagnosis
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
Algorithm for the ... Evaluation of Chronic ... Systemic disease ... #Diarrhea #management ... #diagnosis #differential
Causes of Polycythemia (Erythrocytosis) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Relative - Normal RBC Mass / Decreased Plasma Volume
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Relative ... • Burns • Diarrhea ... #Algorithm #Causes ... #Hematology
Campylobacter
Clinical 
 • Fever 
 • Abdominal pain 
 • Diarrhea (bloody stools) 
 • Vomiting
Campylobacter Clinical ... • Abdominal pain ... • Diarrhea ( ... Antibiotics for severe disease ... Campylobacter #Diagnosis
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
life Causes and clinical ... Nausea, abdominal pain ... , diarrhea, Tachycardia ... , Chronic spontaneous ... urticaria, Chronic
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
Risk factors: Previous acute enteric infection, Female
and Management ... fibromyalgia, chronic ... cognitions, Abuse Diarrhea ... -HT4 agonists Pain ... #Management #Algorithm
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
to 8 years Clinical ... Autoimmunity • Chronic ... • Infectious diarrhea ... Malignancies • Chronic ... #diagnosis #management
Whipple Disease (Tropheryma whipplei) - Diagnosis and Management 

Caused by: Tropheryma whipplei

Symptoms and Signs:
1. Migratory poly/oligoarthralgia
Whipple Disease ... and Management ... Abdominal pain; ... Intermittent diarrhea ... #diagnosis #algorithm
Lyme Disease - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lyme Disease Epidemiology:
- Spirochete
- Reservoir: small mammals & birds
- Transmitted
Lyme Disease - Diagnosis ... and Management ... Clinical Progression ... : - Erythema Chronicum ... #Diagnosis #Management