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Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Clinical ... • Weakness: Starts ... Hands or feet • Pain ... Guillain-Barre Diagnosis ... #management #treatment
Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin) Deficiency
Etiology:
 • Vit B12 - aka cobalamin. Present in foods derived from animal
intrinsic factor, IF) Clinical ... GI - glossitis (pain ... of tongue), abd pain ... Check for IF ab Treatment ... #management #nutrition
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
and Management ... GrepMed Handbook Clinical ... blood/mucus, Abd pain ... Pathophysiology: Spore ... #management #treatment
SAPHO Syndrome Summary

What?
SAPHO syndrome is a rare chronic inflammatory disorder of bone, joint, and skin characterized
Clinical Features ... thickening • Osteitis: pain ... : • A clinical ... and lower jaw Treatment ... #management #Dermatology
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
Sensitivity to pain ... patients with clinically ... stimulation Clinical ... #management #neurology ... #treatment #MS
Diets and Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Diet affects IBD by 3 mechanisms
1. Microbiome ( ↓ diversity)
2. Mucosal
Mucosal integrity, Short ... Table summarizes main ... bloating, abdominal pain ... #comparison #table ... #management #treatment
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... or without back pain ... antibodies • Nutritional ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment ... #management #neurology
Coccidioidomycosis (Coccidioides): Valley Fever - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode of Transmission
periods after rain ... /storms/earthquakes ... disseminated disease • Clinical ... • Management ... #management #summary
Achalasia Summary

Epidemiology: 10 cases per 100,000 individuals

Defined by inadequate relaxation of the LES and aperistalsis
Primary or
Chagas disease) Clinical ... saliva • Chest pain ... : Testing The diagnosis ... Three clinical features ... #management #treatment
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
has five major clinical ... muscle aches, joint pain ... , chest pain • ... Inhalation of spores ... #Management #Infections