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Myotonic Dystrophy
Typically presents in middle age with weakness of hands, legs and neck.
 - Mental deficiency
Myotonic Dystrophy ... - Myotonia occurs ... #Myotonic #Dystrophy ... #Myotonia #Diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms
Comparison of Common Muscular Dystrophies and Anesthesia Implications:
Muscular Dystrophy, Myotonic Dystrophy, Guillain Barre 

 - Mark
Muscular Dystrophy, Myotonic ... Anesthesiology #Myotonic ... GuillainBarre #Diagnosis
Causes of Pediatric Constipation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Dietary / Functional:
 • Insufficient Volume / Bulk
Neurologic:
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Hirschsprung's Disease ... Hirschsprung's Disease ... Cord Lesions • Myotonia ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Hypothyroidism – symptoms and signs.

Symptoms: 
Tiredness/malaise, 
Weight gain,
Anorexia,
Cold intolerance, 
Poor memory,
Change in appearance, 
Depression, 
Poor libido,
Hypothyroidism – symptoms ... Symptoms: Tiredness ... Mild obesity, Myotonia ... Features #Signs #Symptoms ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Demyelinating Disease ... Muscular dystrophy, Myotonic ... dermatomyositis, Thyroid disease ... #differential #diagnosis
Causes of Hypotonic Infant (Floppy Newborn) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Central Nervous System - Decreased LOC, Axial
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Metabolic Diseases ... • Congenital Myotonic ... • Central Core Disease ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Polycystic Kidney Disease - Clinical Signs and Symptoms

#ADPKD #Polycystic #Kidney #Disease #Signs #Symptoms #Diagnosis
Polycystic Kidney Disease ... Clinical Signs and Symptoms ... Polycystic #Kidney #Disease ... #Signs #Symptoms ... #Diagnosis
Alzheimer’s Disease: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Risk factor for Late Onset Alzheimer's (99% of cases):
 - Increasing
Alzheimer’s Disease ... chromosome 21) Signs / Symptoms ... Motor dysfunction: myoclonic ... pathophysiology #geriatrics #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms
Ptosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Ptosis (Greek- to fall) Drooping of the upper eyelid that usually results
- Differential Diagnosis ... three clinical diagnoses ... Ptosis - Neurologic disease ... Ophthalmoplegia migraine Myogenic ... Mitochondrial myopathy • Myotonic
3 Stages of Lyme Disease 
Early Lyme Disease 
 - Erythema migrans 
 - Constitutional symptoms
Stages of Lyme Disease ... Early Lyme Disease ... Constitutional symptoms ... Gastrointestinal symptoms ... InfectiousDiseases #Diagnosis