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Causes of Back Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Always assess for red flags. If no red flags,
constitutional symptoms ... use, neuromotor deficits ... Unresolved Radicular Symptoms ... • Cauda Equina Syndrome
Signs and Symptoms Associated With Different Headache Etiologies
 • Nonfocal mental status changes - Meningitis, encephalitis,
Signs and Symptoms ... vasoconstriction syndrome ... motor or sensory deficit ... vasoconstriction syndrome ... headache #signs #symptoms
Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO) - Clinical Manifestations
 • Optic neuritis: Reduced visual acuity, ranging from mild to
Other brainstem syndromes ... Hypothalamic or thalamic syndromes ... Motor and sensory deficits ... erythematosus, Sjögren syndrome ... diagnosis #neurology #symptoms
Alzheimer’s Disease: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Risk factor for Late Onset Alzheimer's (99% of cases):
 - Increasing
mutations - Down syndrome ... chromosome 21) Signs / Symptoms ... Complications: • Deficit ... diagnosis #signs #symptoms
Neurological Manifestations of Tuberculosis
Spinal Arachnoiditis & Polyradiculopathy:
 • Subacute onset of limb weakness, bladder/bowel dysfunction, muscle
Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome ... previous neurologic symptoms ... focal neurological deficits ... focal neurological deficits ... possible neurological symptoms
Congenital Long QT Syndrome: Illness Script

Who?
 - Kids or young adults, usually < 30
 - high
Congenital Long QT Syndrome ... live births Symptoms ... arrest/death - Symptoms ... • Three definite ... Congenital #LongQT #Syndrome
Clinically Important Vitamins and Vitamin Deficiency States
Fat-soluble Vitamins: 
 • Vitamin A - Xerophthalmia, night blindness,
Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome ... Anaemia, neural tube defects ... diagnosis #signs #symptoms
Fibromyalgia Symptoms
Cardinal Features:
 • Sleep disturbances: Insomnia, Frequent awakening, Non-restoring sleep
 • Pain: Generalized (head-to-toes), Described
Fibromyalgia Symptoms ... • Psychiatric symptoms ... difficulties, Memory deficits ... Regional pain syndromes ... irritable bowel syndrome
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
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papilledema • Horner syndrome ... • Neurological deficits ... ) • Systemic symptoms
The Stages of Syphilis 

Primary Syphilis 
- The chancre lesion is the hallmark of primary syphilis.
cranial nerve deficits ... and nephrotic syndrome ... exposure to or symptoms ... roots, causing a syndrome ... pain and sensory deficits