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Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
Clinical Picture ... Ocular- 50%: Ptosis ... myasthenia Diagnosis ... #diagnosis #management ... #neurology
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
of HIV/AIDS patients ... be present: • AIDS ... skin lesions, ocular ... Zoster flare, ocular ... #Management
Myasthenia Gravis - Summary
 • an autoimmune disease of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction associated with antibodies
Myasthenia Gravis ... antibodies - MuSK-positive ... treatment Of ocular ... #diagnosis #management ... #neurology #treatment
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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Infection in HIV / AIDS ... • IRIS might ... should be based on clinical ... Antimicrobial treatment ... and <25% culture positive
Lyme Disease - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lyme Disease Epidemiology:
- Spirochete
- Reservoir: small mammals & birds
- Transmitted
and Management ... Lyme Disease Clinical ... Pericarditis • Ocular ... Ravi Singh @rav7ks ... #Management #treatment
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... skin injury) • Neurologic ... Skin lesions • Positive ... Arthritis, AS Treatment ... #management #signs
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
with systemic, neurologic ... Diagnosis = clinical ... Biopsies remain positive ... Treatment of GCA ... #Management
Semont Liberatory Maneuver for Treatment of BPPV
1) The patient is seated upright on the side of
Maneuver for Treatment ... ) The examiner grasps ... positional #vertigo #neurology ... #instructions #clinical ... #physicalexam #management
Semont Liberatory Maneuver for Treatment of BPPV
1) The patient is seated upright on the side of
Maneuver for Treatment ... ) The examiner grasps ... positional #vertigo #neurology ... #instructions #clinical ... #physicalexam #management
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
has five major clinical ... yeast • At risk: AIDS ... osteoarticular, pulmonary, ocular ... infection have positive ... #Management #Infections