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Demyelinating Diseases - Differential Diagnosis
 • Inflammatory: MS, ADEM, NMO, Paraneoplastic, Sjogren's, Polyarteritis nodosa, SLE
 •
Demyelinating Diseases ... Infectious: HIV, Lyme ... Demyelinating #Diseases ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes
Lyme Disease - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lyme Disease Epidemiology:
- Spirochete
- Reservoir: small mammals & birds
- Transmitted
Lyme Disease - Diagnosis ... Management Summary Lyme ... Summer months Lyme ... Disease Clinical ... • Neuro: - Lyme
Causes of Proximal Muscle Weakness That May Mimic Inflammatory Myopathy
 • Central or peripheral neurologic disease
Causes of Proximal ... peripheral neurologic disease ... Trichinosis - Lyme ... disease • Various ... #differential #causes
Lyme Disease: Early and Late Clinical manifestations
Stage 1. Localized
 • EM appears 7-14 days at the
Lyme Disease: Early ... and Late Clinical ... CSF - CSF + Lyme ... Questions @WuidQ #Lyme ... #Disease #diagnosis
Reversible Neurocognitive Disorders (Reversible Causes of "Dementia")
 • Structural/Mass: Subdural Hematoma, NPH, Intracranial tumor
 • Infection:
Disorders (Reversible Causes ... Neurosyphilis, Lime ... disease, Whipple's ... disease • Endocrine ... differential #diagnosis #causes
Lyme Disease with Erythema Migrans, Bell's Palsy
A 17-year-old boy from New Jersey presents with a 3-day
Lyme Disease with ... #Lyme #Disease # ... ErythemaMigrans #BellsPalsy #Clinical
Etiologies of Peripheral Neuropathy
 • Metabolic / Nutritional: DiabetesB12 deficiency, Uremia/ESRD, Hypothyroidism
 • Medication-induced: ART, Antibiotics,
Hepatitis, Syphilis, Lyme ... disease, Leprosy ... Charcot-Marie-Tooth, Fabry's disease ... differential #diagnosis #causes
Causes of Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Neoplasm:
• NHL
• Hodgkin's lymphoma
• Leukemia
• Solid
Causes of Fever ... Rheumatic fever • Lyme ... disease • Whipple's ... disease Viral ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Bell's Palsy
Bell’s Palsy is a damage, acute weakness, or paralysis of the Facial nerve (7th CN),
an identifiable cause ... The cause is unknown ... but its clinically ... Borrelia Burgdorferi (Lymes ... disease)    
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
Early Rheumatic Disease ... Inflammatory Bowel Disease ... Carditis) • Lyme ... Disease (Tick bite ... #Orthopedics #Causes