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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
Ocular Adverse Effects ... dislocation • ... Retina: • Detachment ... are much more common ... are much more common
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Syndrome ... response preceding infection ... Reflexes: Arms or legs ... Albuminocytologic dissociation ... #management #treatment
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Guillain-Barré Syndrome ... Common organisms ... : • Most common ... albuminocytologic dissociation ... #management #neurology
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
Common Variable ... unless levels are less ... and M panel Management ... : • Nephrotic syndrome ... (Epstein-Barr syndrome
Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
Redness in the eye can be caused by many conditions and
Common Causes: ... Episcleritis Ocular ... neuritis • Retinal detachment ... Foreign body • Infectious ... or bilateral symptoms
Adrenal Insufficiency - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency:
Most Common Cause in the US: Autoimmune Adrenalitis
Other
Diagnosis and Management ... Insufficiency: Most Common ... causes: TB, fungal infection ... point inhibitors, bilateral ... hypophysitis, Sheehan's syndrome
Syphilis - Clinical Manifestations and Treatment

1) Primary Syphilis
 • Direct lesion contact during sex is responsible
produce a chancre → Bilateral ... Albuminuria, nephrotic syndrome ... Headache, meningitis, ocular ... Syphilis: Very uncommon ... stages #diagnosis #management
Differential diagnosis of the reversed halo sign (RHS). AIA, angioinvasive aspergillosis; AIS, adenocarcinoma in situ; COP,
tuberculosis is common ... immunedeficiency syndrome ... with symmetrical bilateral ... hypersensitivity pneumonitis, infection ... ††Less likely.
Relapsing Polychondritis

What is it?
Recurrent inflammation of the cartilage in the body (Autoimmune disorder)

Who?
• Most frequently: 40
chondritis is the most common ... : • Recurrent bilateral ... chondritis • Ocular ... SLE • RA - Most common ... rheumatology #diagnosis #management