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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 ... enter the small intestine ... #Hookworm #Intestinal ... lifecycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology
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
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 ... larvae in large intestine ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology
Causes of Intestinal Obstruction - Differential Diagnosis
Lesions Extrinsic to the Intestinal Wall:
 • Adhesions: Postoperative, Congenital,
Causes of Intestinal ... Extrinsic to the Intestinal ... Intrinsic to the Intestinal ... • Congenital: Intestinal ... Diagnosis #SBO #bowel #Causes
Causes of Pediatric Constipation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Dietary / Functional:
 • Insufficient Volume / Bulk
Neurologic:
 •
Causes of Pediatric ... Anal Atresia • Intestinal ... Stenosis • Intestinal ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Jaundice - Pathophysiology and Causes

- Amy Chung, MD, MSc @AmyChung 

#Jaundice #Pathophysiology #Differential #Unconjugated #Causes #Diagnosis
Jaundice - Pathophysiology ... and Causes - ... #Jaundice #Pathophysiology ... #Unconjugated #Causes
Parathyroid Hormone (PTH) Effect in Calcium and Phosphorus
Calcium - Net Effect Hypercalcemia:
   ↑ intestinal
Hypercalcemia: ↑ intestinal ... Calcium #Phosphorus #pathophysiology
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 ... hatch, penetrate intestinal ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology
Clinical manifestations of anaphylaxis. 
Neurological (<15%): Dizziness, syncope, seizures, Confusion, impending doom. headache
Angioedema: Lips, tongue, orbit,
orbit, larynx, intestines ... arrest GI (>40%): Nausea ... vomiting, diarrhea, intestinal
Causes of hypophosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis
 • Increased losses: enhanced urinary phosphate excretion
 • Decreased input:
Causes of hypophosphatemia ... Decreased input: intestinal ... hypophosphatemia #Causes