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Risk Factors and Signs of Copper Deficiency
Risk Factors:
 • Gastrointestinal: Previous upper bowel resection/bariatric surgery, Inflammatory
Risk Factors and Signs ... of copper-rich foods ... , Malnutrition Signs ... Deficiency #diagnosis #signs ... #riskfactors #symptoms
Scarlet fever
• Delayed-type skin reactivity to pyrogenic exotoxin Requires prior exposure
• Diffuse erythematous eruption that generally
fossae and axillary folds ... fever #diagnosis #clinical ... #photo #signs # ... symptoms
Clinically Important Vitamins and Vitamin Deficiency States
Fat-soluble Vitamins: 
 • Vitamin A - Xerophthalmia, night blindness,
Clinically Important ... differential #diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms #nutrition
Bullous Pemphigoid - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathophysiology: Autoantibody-mediated damage to epithelial basement membrane -> separation of
epidermis from dermis Clinical ... Signs/Symptoms/ ... axillary and inguinal folds
Refeeding Syndrome: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Patients at Risk of Refeeding Syndrome:
 - Little or no nutritional
Pathogenesis and clinical ... - Little or no nutritional ... pathophysiology #symptoms ... #signs
Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin) Deficiency
Etiology:
 • Vit B12 - aka cobalamin. Present in foods derived from animal
Present in foods ... intrinsic factor, IF) Clinical ... to manifest its symptoms ... , alcohol use, symptoms ... diagnosis #management #nutrition
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... • Bilateral signs ... and/or symptoms ... antibodies • Nutritional
Bulimia Nervosa: Complications
GASTROINTESTINAL
 • Dehydration & inability to digest food -> Constipation
 • Recurrent vomiting exposes
• Binging on foods ... Cardiac Arrest #BulimiaNervosa ... pathophysiology #diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms #psychiatry