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Bell's palsy
There are many different causes of Facial Nerve Palsy. However, the commonest
cause of unilateral facial
Bell's palsy There ... many different causes ... the commonest cause ... facial paralysis is ... Neurology #Signs #Symptoms
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Management
Global IBS Symptoms:
  - Limited trial low FODMAP diet
Irritable Bowel ... Symptoms: - Limited ... Rifaximin- up to 3 courses ... intestinal epithelial cells ... #Irritable #Bowel
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Diagnosis:
 • Use a positive diagnostic strategy with
Irritable Bowel ... Symptoms: - ... Rifaximin- up to 3 courses ... intestinal epithelial cells ... #Irritable #Bowel
Mechanical Bowel Obstruction and Ileus - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Ileus: Functional bowel "blockage", no peristalsis
Mechanical Obstruction:
Mechanical Bowel ... Ileus: Functional bowel ... pain and related symptoms ... ileus) • Abdomen is ... percussion • Nausea
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
injury - Loss of bowel ... injury • Gait is ... Non-compressive Spinal Cord Causes ... below lesion) • Bowel ... Muscle twitching (fasciculations
TABLE 2. Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) sub-classifications
lBS-diarrhoea (IBS-D)
 - >25% loose or watery stools; <25% hard
Irritable bowel ... (IBS-C) - >25% ... lumpy stools - Symptoms ... diarrhoea - Symptoms ... #Classes #Diagnosis
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
glutamate activity is ... - Causes progressive ... Muscle twitching (fasciculations ... BULBAR: Tongue fasciculations ... Common Symptoms
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Abdominal Pain Causes ... changes • Urinary symptoms ... • Irritable bowel ... • Inflammatory bowel ... disease • Necrotic bowel
Neurological Manifestations of Tuberculosis
Spinal Arachnoiditis & Polyradiculopathy:
 • Subacute onset of limb weakness, bladder/bowel dysfunction, muscle
weakness, bladder/bowel ... abnormalities, bowel ... Paraplegia, bladder/bowel ... Vasculopathy: • Usually is ... • Caused by immune
Cauda Equina Syndrome
Causes:
 • Large lumbar degenerative disc herniation (central)
 • Severe lumbar spondylosis
 • Neoplasm
Equina Syndrome Causes ... spine Signs / Symptoms ... soon as bladder/bowel ... dysfunction is ... pathophysiology #diagnosis #symptoms