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Signs and Symptoms Associated With Different Headache Etiologies
 • Nonfocal mental status changes - Meningitis, encephalitis,
Signs and Symptoms ... vasoconstriction syndrome ... #signs #symptoms ... #clues #differential ... #diagnosis
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
CNS symptoms (headache ... recurrent oral ulcers ... Behcet disease) Differential ... Diagnosis: • Genital ... #signs #symptoms
Emergent Causes of Headache and Associated Risk Factors
Carbon monoxide poisoning
 - Breathing in enclosed or confined
Increased intracranial pressure ... vasoconstriction syndrome ... #redflags #signs ... #symptoms #differential ... #emergency #diagnosis
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Vasculitis - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... purpura: Strong sign ... bruits, or blood pressure ... 50 years • New headache
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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livedo reticularis, ulcers ... genital aphthous ulcers ... purpura: strong sign ... bruis, or blood pressure ... Vessel: Blood pressure
Takayasu’s Arteritis: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

 - Fatigue, weight loss, low grade fever, arthralgias
 - Incr
Orthostasis, Syncope, Headache ... Acute Coronary Syndrome ... 10mmHg systolic pressure ... Ischemic Skin Ulcers ... #Signs #Symptoms
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Infections in HIV - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Pneumonia: • 3 syndromes ... • CT: Halo sign ... • Oral mucosal ulcers