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Blurry Vision - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Anatomical Approach to Eye Disease:
1. Lids/Lashes
2. Extraocular Muscles/Motility
3. Conjunctiva/Sclera
4. Cornea
5. Anterior
Approach to Eye Disease ... Cornea 5. ... Trauma Cornea ... Keratitis • Corneal ... Nucleus Visual Cortex
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
Diagnosis and Management ... infections are caused ... septated hyphae, acute ... vori Infectious Diseases ... #infectiousdiseases
Oroya Fever
Hematologic disease caused by Bartonella bacilliformis
Restricted to the Andes highlands of Peru & Ecuador
B. bacilliformis:
Fever Hematologic disease ... caused by Bartonella ... : ​• Acute phase ... TREATMENT: ​• Acute ... Fever #diagnosis #management
Acute Closed Angle Glaucoma: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
OPHTHALMIC EMERGENCY: Early detection is essential, but most patients
Acute Closed Angle ... • The disease ... • Significant cause ... -> crowding of ocular ... obstruction • Corneal
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
Diagnosis and Management ... caused by the protozoan ... Vector-borne (most ... weeks incubation Acute ... Tests - check Acute
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Syndrome - Summary Acute ... Epidemiology: • 1-2 cases ... cardiomyopathy, Horner ... variants: (1) acute ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management
Syphilis - Clinical Manifestations and Treatment

1) Primary Syphilis
 • Direct lesion contact during sex is responsible
responsible for most cases ... hypertension and acute ... meningovascular disease ... Coronary artery disease ... stages #diagnosis #management
Borrelia recurrentis on Peripheral Blood Smear
23M Somali refugee recently arrived w/severe abd pain, confusion and fever
separate tick-borne ... TBRF) from louse-borne ... of blood smear, acute ... often experience acute ... Infectious Diseases
Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook

Acute Idiopathic Unilateral Facial Nerve (CN7) Palsy
Presentation:
Diagnosis and Management ... GrepMed Handbook Acute ... CNS inflammatory cause ... Eyecare (prevent corneal ... #Treatment #Neurology
Acute Retroviral Syndrome
Acute Retroviral Syndrome is the symptomatic presentation of acute human immunodeficiency virus infection

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elevation • Nausea ... 14%), in which case ... • HIV-1 p24 core ... antibody test) Treatment ... ART to slow HIV disease