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Reflex Testing - Causes of Hyporeflexia and Hyperreflexia
Focal Hyporeflexia: 
 • Radiculopathy, Mononeuropathy, Polyneuropathy, Acute stroke,
Testing - Causes of Hyporeflexia ... and Hyperreflexia ... Focal Hyporeflexia ... #Hyperreflexia ... Testing #Causes #differential
Serotonin Syndrome - THINK: FAST
 - FAST onset
 - FAST movements (agitation, akathisia, HYPERreflexia)
 - FAST
agitation, akathisia, HYPERreflexia ... movements and HYPOreflexia ... Toxicology #Comparison #Differentiate
When trying to differentiate between the two conditions think “FAST” with Serotonin Syndrome and “SLOW” with
When trying to differentiate ... agitation, akathisia, HYPERreflexia ... movements and HYPOreflexia
Causes of Peripheral Weakness - With and Without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
With Sensory Changes:
Sensory Changes - Differential ... Fasciculations, Hyperreflexia ... Sensory #Neurology #Differential
Causes of Peripheral Weakness without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No Objective Weakness
 • Cardio-pulmonary disease
Sensory Changes - Differential ... Fasciculations, Hyperreflexia ... Weakness #Neurology #Differential
Upper Motor Neuron (UMN) lesions are lesions occurring anywhere in the CNS from the brain up
form part of the differential ... weakness, and hyporeflexia ... lesion causes hyperreflexia ... lesion causes hyporeflexia
Adie's Pupil
What? Unknown nature & benign
 • Regular and mildly dilated pupil (4-6mm);
 • Light-near dissociaton;
Adie's Pupil + Hyporeflexia ... Young females Differential
Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS)
(aka: Landry–Guillain–Barré–Strohl syndrome:
	Most common cause of acute flaccid paralysis
	Rapidly progressive ascending paralysis & areflexia
	Autonomic
Differential diagnosis ... demyelination, hyperreflexia ... sensory level, hyperreflexia ... Cord Compression: Hyperreflexia
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
Cord Disorders - Differential ... - Weakness - Hyperreflexia ... + slowness • Hyperreflexia ... diagnosis #neurology #differential
Hyperthyroidism Overview

Clinical Manifestation of Hyperthyroidism:
 • Fatigue
 • Weight loss
 • Heat intolerance
 • Depression, nervousness
visual acuity • Hyperreflexia ... causes #diagnosis #differential