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Acute Rheumatic Fever: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Delayed autoimmune reaction
-> Molecular mimicry
-> GAS antigen cross-reacts with host
->
Acute Rheumatic ... -> Sydenham's Chorea ... , Carditis #Acute ... RheumaticFever #pathophysiology ... signs #symptoms #complications
Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Pathophysiology:
 • Defect in fetal free fatty acid metabolism products →
Acute Fatty Liver ... Pregnancy (AFLP) Pathophysiology ... headache, malaise) → Acute ... Antithrombin Ill • Ultrasound ... Monitor and Treat Complications
Achilles Tendon Rupture - Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • The Achilles tendon is 15cm long in
tendon is 15cm long ... warriors") • Acute ... Signs/Symptoms/Complications ... signs #symptoms #pathophysiology
Acute Closed Angle Glaucoma: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
OPHTHALMIC EMERGENCY: Early detection is essential, but most patients
Acute Closed Angle ... -> crowding of ocular ... Signs / Symptoms / Complications ... Photophobia #Acute ... ClosedAngle #Glaucoma #pathophysiology
Nutrition in Cirrhosis: Dos and Don’ts
Screening:
 • Patients at risk for RFH-Nutritional Prioritizing Tool
 • Low
Analysis, muscle ultrasound ... you do for other complications ... pattern (avoiding long ... detrimental effect of long ... management #hepatology #pathophysiology
Ankylosing Spondylitis: Extra-articular Manifestations
 • Ocular - Inflammation of the iris, the anterior part of the
Manifestations • Ocular ... - Inflammation acute ... Inflammation in the lung ... Manifestations #Complications ... #pathophysiology
Myopia: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

 • Axial length of eye -> Long axial length of the
length of eye -> Long ... of the eye (ex. cornea ... of one or more ocular ... vision #Myopia #pathophysiology
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
presents with acute ... Aspergillosis Pathophysiology ... osteoarticular, pulmonary, ocular ... change in the lungs ... nails, bronchi, lungs