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Syphilis - Clinical Manifestations and Treatment

1) Primary Syphilis
 • Direct lesion contact during sex is responsible
Ulcerates to produce a chancre ... months after the chancre ... meningovascular disease ... Coronary artery disease ... infected without symptoms
Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma)
Multi-system autoimmune disease characterized by vasculopathy and progressive fibrosis of skin and internal organs
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Multi-system autoimmune disease ... thickening Signs and Symptoms ... and pepper" skin changes ... interstitial lung disease ... diagnosis #signs #symptoms
Kawasaki Disease - Timeline of Clinical Features and Complications
 - Fever >5 days 
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Kawasaki Disease ... Mucous membrane changes ... #Kawasaki #Disease ... Features #Signs #Symptoms
Orbicularis Reflex in an Alzheimer's Patient on Physical Exam

Alzheimer's is a degenerative, progressive and irreversible disease.
and irreversible disease ... treated to relieve symptoms ... One of the first symptoms ... and behavioral changes ... course of the disease
In order to better classify heart failure, the American College of Cardiology Foundation and the American
based solely on symptoms ... as their status changes ... structural heart disease ... who never show symptoms ... past or current symptoms
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
PT, aPTT(liver disease ... pylori test (GI symptoms ... neurologic/psychiatric changes ... bypass), LFT (liver disease
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
pain • Skin changes ... • Urinary symptoms ... Cardiopulmonary disease ... Adult Still's disease ... Necrotic bowel disease
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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CD4 Variable • Symptoms ... disorders • Symptoms ... Demyelinating disease ... CD4 < 100 • Symptoms ... vomiting, visual changes
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Workup Summary
Use a positive diagnostic strategy with minimal testing.
last 3 months + symptom ... red flags - Low chance ... Rule out celiac disease ... inflammatory bowel disease
Hypertrophic Pachymeningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Pachymeningitis is a rare condition that causes areas of a layer
cause different symptoms ... may have vision changes ... polychondritis • Behçet disease ... Rosai-Dorfman disease ... collection Changes