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Headache Differential - Primary vs Secondary
A vast number of diseases can cause a headache. We divide
vast number of diseases ... can cause a headache ... headaches are caused ... #Diagnosis #Differential ... Primary #Secondary #Table
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
- Differential Diagnosis ... PT, aPTT(liver disease ... pylori test (GI symptoms ... bypass), LFT (liver disease ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Etiologies of Hypernatremia - Differential Diagnosis
GI losses / Insensible losses
Sodium Overload
Transcellular Movement of Water
Central Diabetes Insipidus
- Differential Diagnosis ... Various renal diseases ... ssyndrome, sickle cell disease ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Table #Causes
Nail diseases and disorders.
 - Spoon Nails (Koilonychia)
 - Pitting of Nails
 - Beau's Lines
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Nail diseases and ... disorders ... white spots) #Diagnosis ... #Leukonychia #Table ... #Clinical #PhysicalExam
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency
Addison's Disease - Damage of the adrenal glands with lack of cortisol, androgens and
Insufficiency Addison's Disease ... Infiltrative Disorders ... autoimmune endocrine disorder ... Serum DHEAS Diagnosis ... endocrinology #diagnosis
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
decades of life Causes ... and clinical associations ... and duration of symptoms ... angioedema Other symptoms ... rheumatology #comparison #table
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
Visual or auditory symptoms ... conjunction with symptoms ... Inflammatory causes ... optica spectrum disorder ... #differential #diagnosis
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis ... and Causes Clinical ... ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms ... Sarcomeric Protein Disorders ... #Causes #differential
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS 
OF ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY. 

Primary and secondary adrenal insufficiency:
 - Tiredness, weakness, mental depression
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS ... hypotension - Nausea ... and associated disorders ... Autoimmune thyroid disease ... and associated disorders
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
- Differential Diagnosis ... Infarction • Stable ... • Biliary Disease ... • Somatoform Disorder ... #Differential #Diagnosis