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Causes of Peripheral and Central Vertigo
PERIPHERAL VERTIGO
1. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) - Short-lived (typically less
Méniére's disease ... Can occur with neck ... Disease onset usually ... signs or symptoms ... Vertigo #Causes #differential
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
neurodegenerative disease ... Signs and symptoms ... ) • Acute: ... sclerosis #diagnosis #management ... #neurology #treatment
Acute Closed Angle Glaucoma: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
OPHTHALMIC EMERGENCY: Early detection is essential, but most patients
Acute Closed Angle ... Findings OPHTHALMIC EMERGENCY ... • The disease ... damage & blindness Signs ... pathophysiology #ophthalmology
Emergent Causes of Headache and Associated Risk Factors
Carbon monoxide poisoning
 - Breathing in enclosed or confined
Emergent Causes ... with the same symptoms ... collagen vascular diseases ... headache #redflags #signs ... #symptoms #differential
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
skin injury) • Neurologic ... ) Differential Diagnosis ... inhibitors • Uveitis- Ophthalmology ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... #signs #symptoms
13 Dangerous Causes of Headache:
 - subarachnoid hemorrhage: family history, PCKD, known berry aneurysm, sudden and
or at work) - acute ... pain involving neck ... thrombophilia, neurologic ... signs/symptoms ... Dangerous #Deadly #Differential
Optic Neuritis - Diagnosis and Management
 • Epidemiology: Female (75%), 18-50 years,
caucasian
 • Symptoms: Moderate visual
caucasian • Symptoms ... orbital pain, (Sub)acute ... Unilateral • Signs ... other auto-immune diseases ... #rheumatology #ophthalmology
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
Diagnosis and Management ... weeks incubation Acute ... Romana's sign ... /symptoms, positive ... serology, smear
Photophobia and Headache - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Why?
• The coexistence of photophobia and headache suggests the potential
- Autonomic symptoms ... meningeal irritation signs ... headache: - Acute ... #diagnosis #ophthalmology ... #Neurology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Shock, Autoimmune disease ... Hypertension/Hypertensive emergency ... Neurological symptoms ... Reversible course Differential ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management