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Risk Factors and Signs of Copper Deficiency
Risk Factors:
 • Gastrointestinal: Previous upper bowel resection/bariatric surgery, Inflammatory
Signs of Copper Deficiency ... of copper-rich foods ... drkeithsiau #Copper #Deficiency ... #diagnosis #signs ... #riskfactors #symptoms
Wernicke Encephalopathy - Acute B1 (Thiamine) Deficiency - Diagnosis and Management
Diagnosis - Caine Criteria (2 of
- Diagnosis and ... Management Diagnosis ... upper limb) • Nutritional ... treatment can improve symptoms ... #neurology #nutrition
Clinically Important Vitamins and Vitamin Deficiency States
Fat-soluble Vitamins: 
 • Vitamin A - Xerophthalmia, night blindness,
Clinically Important ... Vitamins and Vitamin Deficiency ... #differential #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms ... #nutrition
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
initiation of nutrition ... may cause severe clinical ... overload) Other Symptoms ... • Vitamin D deficiency ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin) Deficiency
Etiology:
 • Vit B12 - aka cobalamin. Present in foods derived from animal
B12 (Cobalamin) Deficiency ... Present in foods ... intrinsic factor, IF) Clinical ... , alcohol use, symptoms ... #nutrition
Scarlet fever
• Delayed-type skin reactivity to pyrogenic exotoxin Requires prior exposure
• Diffuse erythematous eruption that generally
fossae and axillary folds ... Scarlet #fever #diagnosis ... #clinical #photo ... #signs #symptoms
Scurvy (Vitamin C Deficiency) - Diagnosis and Management

Vitamin C is required for hydroxylation of proline residues
Scurvy (Vitamin C Deficiency ... ) - Diagnosis and ... Clinical Presentation ... musculoskeletal symptoms ... Psychiatric symptoms
Gaucher Disease 

Pathophsiology
 • Lysosomal storage disorder
 • Deficiency of ß-glucocerebrosidase
• Accumulation of glucosylceramide in macrophages
Diagnosis
storage disorder • Deficiency ... in macrophages Diagnosis ... in GBA1 gene Clinical ... Gauchers #Disease #Diagnosis ... #Signs #Symptoms
Bullous Pemphigoid - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathophysiology: Autoantibody-mediated damage to epithelial basement membrane -> separation of
Bullous Pemphigoid - Diagnosis ... epidermis from dermis Clinical ... Signs/Symptoms/ ... axillary and inguinal folds ... Bullous #Pemphigoid #Diagnosis
Krabbe Disease 

Check out this interesting case of Krabbe disease, a rare genetic leukodystrophy. Diagnosis was
Diagnosis was made ... leukodystrophy w/ deficiency ... neurotoxic • Symptoms ... Krabbe #Disease #Diagnosis ... #MRI #Clinical