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Echinococcus Life Cycle
1) Adult in small intestine eggs
2) Embryonated egg in feces
3) Oncosphere hatches; penetrates intestinal
Adult in small intestine ... hatches; penetrates intestinal ... Scolex attaches to intestine ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Intestinal Hookworm Life Cycle
1) Eggs in feces
2) Rhabditiform larva hatches
3) Development to filariform larva in environment
4)
Intestinal Hookworm ... Adults in small intestine ... #Hookworm #Intestinal ... lifecycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Strongyloides Stercoralis Lifecycle
Free-Living Cycle:
1) Rhabditiform larvae in the intestine are excreted in stool. 
2) Development into
larvae in the intestine ... female in small intestine ... and migrate to intestinal ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Cysticercosis - Taenia solium Life Cycle
1) Eggs or gravid proglottids in feces and passed into environment.
2)
hatch, penetrate intestinal ... Humans acquire intestinal ... Adults in small intestine ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Intestinal Manifestations of HIV, IBD in HIV - IBD Algorithm

HIV + IBD Background
HIV + IBD Treatment
Intestinal
Intestinal Manifestations ... IBD Treatment Intestinal ... @wabillin #Intestinal ... gastroenterology #IBDAlgorithm
Parathyroid Hormone (PTH) Effect in Calcium and Phosphorus
Calcium - Net Effect Hypercalcemia:
   ↑ intestinal
Hypercalcemia: ↑ intestinal ... Calcium #Phosphorus #pathophysiology
Gastric Acid Secretion - Pathophysiology
Chief cell - Pepsinogen
Parietal cell - Acid, Intrinsic factor
G cell - Gastrin
Inhibitors:
Acid Secretion - Pathophysiology ... Intestinal - Passage ... Acid #Secretion #Pathophysiology
Vitamin D Metabolism
Fat-soluble vitamin
Sources: dermal synthesis and food (dairy products, fish)
Active form: calcitriol (1,25-OH Vitamin D)
Main
D) Main role: intestinal ... endocrinology #pathophysiology
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Gastrointestinal Manifestations
 - Thrombosis of vessels in the pancreas, Vasculitis -> Acute Pancreatitis
Dysphagia - Intestinal ... Complications #pathophysiology
Hypercalcemia of Malignancy - Pathophysiology
PTH-mediated
 • Parathyroid cancer
 • Ectopic production: Small cell lung cancer, ovarian
of Malignancy - Pathophysiology ... Increased renal and intestinal ... Hypercalcemia #Malignancy #Pathophysiology