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Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy - Pharmacotherapy

Peripheral neuropathy is a common microvascular complication of diabetes. In clinic patients
Diabetic Peripheral ... Peripheral neuropathy ... In clinic patients ... to screen for peripheral ... #Pharmacology #Management
Non-HCV infectious mixed cryoglobulinemia vasculitis - Diagnosis, causes and management - French Vasculitis Study Group

< 5%
Diagnosis, causes and management ... Clinical manifestations ... involvement - Less peripheral ... neuropathy ... Cryoglobulinemic #Diagnosis #Management
Diagnosis of Cryoglobulinemia Vasculitis

1) Presence of cryoglobulin 
Circulating immunoglobulins that precipitate with cold temperature and dissolve
Cryoglobulinemia Vasculitis ... not related to clinical ... 3 types 2) Vasculitis ... purpura +++ • Peripheral ... neuropathy •
Etiologies of Peripheral Neuropathy
 • Metabolic / Nutritional: DiabetesB12 deficiency, Uremia/ESRD, Hypothyroidism
 • Medication-induced: ART, Antibiotics,
Etiologies of Peripheral ... Neuropathy • Metabolic ... Guillain-Barre, Vasculitis ... @uncimchiefs #Peripheral ... #Neuropathy #differential
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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Vasculitis and Vasculitides ... glomeruli, and peripheral ... weakness - Nerves: neuropathy ... Sensory and/or motor neuropathy ... mononeuritis multiplex/neuropathy
Cryoglobulinemia Summary

Cryoglobulins:
 • Cryoglobulins are Igs in the serum that precipitate in vitro at temperatures below
Glomerulonephritis - Peripheral ... neuropathy • ... Syndrome: • Clinical ... skin necrosis, peripheral ... neuropathy, arthralgia
Renal involvement in 35% of mixed cryoglobulinemia vasculitis 
Associated with : 
 • Absence of skin
cryoglobulinemia vasculitis ... • Absence of peripheral ... neuropathy • ... Cryoglobulinemia #Vasculitis ... #Management #Rheumatology
Cardiac Amyloid - Diagnosis, Signs, Symptoms and Management

Clinical Presentation
- exertional dyspnea
- peripheral edema
- exertional syncope
- peripheral
, Symptoms and Management ... Clinical Presentation ... exertional dyspnea - peripheral ... exertional syncope - peripheral ... neuropathy Physical
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
Clinical suspicion ... Amyloidosis Clinical ... , Peripheral neuropathy ... and stocking" peripheral ... Testing: • EKG • Echocardiogram
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis ... palpable purpura 2/2 vasculitis ... o infection • Echocardiogram ... sparing of the lung periphery ... differential #diagnosis #management