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Pediatric Primitive Reflexes - Maneuver and Ages

Palmar Grasp Reflex
 - Place your fingers into the baby's
Reflexes - Maneuver ... Palmar Grasp Reflex ... Asymmetric Tonic Neck Reflex ... #Peds #Diagnosis ... #Neurology #PhysicalExam
Upper Motor Neuron (UMN) lesions are lesions occurring anywhere in the CNS from the brain up
Motor Neuron (UMN ... pathology and muscle disorders ... disorder and form ... the differential diagnosis ... positive Babinski reflex
Woltman’s sign on Physical Exam

53-year-old man presented with fatigue and sensitivity to cold. A physical examination
the ankle jerk reflex ... evaluation confirmed a diagnosis ... a deep-tendon reflex ... Woltmans #Signs #PhysicalExam ... Hypothyroidism #Ankle #Reflexes
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
Spinal Cord Disorders ... of injury • Gait ... dysfunction • Abnormal reflexes ... : Areflexia UMN ... #diagnosis #neurology
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
multiple spinal cord ... Increased Jaw Jerk reflex ... Other possible diagnosis ... Lateral #Sclerosis #neurology ... #diagnosis #management
Hypothyroidism – symptoms and signs.

Symptoms: 
Tiredness/malaise, 
Weight gain,
Anorexia,
Cold intolerance, 
Poor memory,
Change in appearance, 
Depression, 
Poor libido,
malaise, Weight gain ... , Anorexia, Cold ... Slow-relaxing reflexes ... Signs #Symptoms #Diagnosis ... #PhysicalExam #
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Spasticity - Reflexes ... bouts of HTN Diagnostic ... Transverse Myelitis Diagnosis ... Transverse #Myelitis #diagnosis ... #management #neurology