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Somatoform Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 - Patient presents with complex medical problem or symptoms that
Motivation is primary gain ... • Pain Disorder ... - Pain; psychological ... long history • Conversion ... #Somatoform #Conversion
Table A is a standard conversion of equianalgesic opioids. Many practice sites or text books may
is a standard conversion ... practice sites or text ... #Pharmacology #Pain ... Opiate #Opioid #Conversion
OPIOID SWITCHING AND TAPERING.

Long term opioid use results in physical (and potentially psychological) dependence. Opioids should
avoid withdrawal symptoms ... Opioid withdrawal symptoms ... insomnia, muscle pain ... protocol #opioid #pain ... #pharmacology #conversion
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
and duration of symptoms ... angioedema Other symptoms ... Nausea, abdominal pain ... - Ice cube test ... Urticaria #diagnosis #rheumatology
Dengue Fever - Diagnosis and Management Summary 
Dengue Fever → Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever →Dengue Hemorrhagic Shock
Headache, Retroocular pain ... Positive Tourniquet test ... , Abdominal pain ... Myalgia Diagnosis: Symptoms ... days - NAAT • Symptoms
Meralgia paresthetica: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Compression/injury of Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve (LFCN) -> Meralgia paresthetica
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paresthetica • Symptoms ... 3-6 months of symptom ... absent: lower back pain ... Straight Leg Raise Test ... - Pain on palpation
Pulmonary Embolism - Signs and Symptoms
Most Common Presenting SYMPTOMS 
 - Dyspnea at rest or with
Embolism - Signs and Symptoms ... Common Presenting SYMPTOMS ... - Dyspnea at rest ... - Pleuritic pain ... Calf or thigh pain
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency
Addison's Disease - Damage of the adrenal glands with lack of cortisol, androgens and
• Abdominal pain ... • Back pain ... clue • Blood tests ... ACTH stimulation test ... present - ACTH test
Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical features - Classic triad (flank pain, hematuria,
Classic triad (flank pain ... Colicky flank pain ... Symptoms of metastatic ... initial test: abdominal ... patients with bone pain
Diagnosing Vitamin B12 and/or Folate Deficiency

It turns out that simply measuring serum levels of B12 or
is involved in conversion ... is involved in conversion ... the first line tests ... is needed for conversion ... Diagnosis #Nutrition #Hematology