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Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook

Acute Idiopathic Unilateral Facial Nerve (CN7) Palsy
Presentation:
Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis ... - Atypical Clinical ... inflammatory cause ... tears oint + TAPE eye ... within 4m #Bells
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
 •
IRIS might ... less than 200 cells ... should be based on clinical ... more than 200 cells ... patients with IRIS
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
increase in CD4+ cells ... noncompliance • Clinical ... initiation Clinical ... pleural effusions, CNS ... weeks for most OI
HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorder (HAND)

Definition:
HIV-Associated Neurocognitive disorders categories:
• Asymptomatic neurocognitive impairment
• Mild neurocognitive impairment
• HIV dementia

Pathophysiology:
HIV frequently
infects the CNS ... invades mononuclear cells ... Infected cells - ... • Depressive symptoms ... dementia #AIDS #Neurology
Endophthalmitis: Infection within the eye. This most commonly occurs via introduction of microbes from the outside
(e.g.
Endophthalmitis: ... Infection within the eye ... of inflammatory cells ... in front of the iris ... #Chemosis #Photo
Hypopyon: A white layer of inflammatory cells which settles along the bottom of the anterior chamber
of inflammatory cells ... in front of the iris ... from outside the eye ... Images #Clinical ... Ophthalmology #Photo
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

Immune-mediated conditions affecting the Brain, Eye, and Ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in
affecting the Brain, Eye ... nervous system (CNS ... pachymeningitis • HIV ... clinical consistent ... BEE #Syndromes #neurology
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
aggregate foci (>50 cells ... aggregate) of CD4 T cells ... , B cells, and plasma ... cells around salivary ... ducts Clinical
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Management Summary Causes ... Infection - Viral (HIV ... Dermatomyositis Clinical ... : • Triad of symptoms ... kidney tubular cells
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
- Microglial cells ... are the immune cells ... fasciculations Common Symptoms ... between nerve cells ... Lateral #Sclerosis #neurology