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Mechanical Bowel Obstruction and Ileus - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Ileus: Functional bowel "blockage", no peristalsis
Mechanical Obstruction:
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... pain and related ... symptoms. ... pain • Flat/ ... Pain: may come
Functional Dyspepsia - Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management
Risk factors: Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, Psychological comorbidity, Helicobacter pylori infection,
Diagnosis and Management ... sex, Smoking Symptoms ... : Bothersome symptoms ... burning, Epigastric pain ... #algorithm #gastroenterology
Meralgia paresthetica: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Compression/injury of Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve (LFCN) -> Meralgia paresthetica
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Pathogenesis and Clinical ... absent: lower back pain ... Raise Test - Pain ... MeralgiaParesthetica #MSK #pathophysiology ... #differential #
Rare Causes of Abdominal Pain
 • Hereditary Angioneurotic Edema - Recurrent visceral that may by swelling
Pain • Hereditary ... - May involve symptoms ... painAbdominal ... incisional hernias: clinical ... #Pain #differential
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
Risk factors: Previous acute enteric infection, Female
Diagnosis and Management ... Algorithm Risk ... factors affecting symptom ... inflammation, Abdominal ... -HT4 agonists Pain
Adrenal Insufficiency Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical suspicion: Weakness, fatigue, nausea, musculoskeletal pain, dizziness, volume depletion, abdominal pain,
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Clinical suspicion ... musculoskeletal pain ... volume depletion, abdominal ... pain, hypotension
Whipple Disease (Tropheryma whipplei) - Diagnosis and Management 

Caused by: Tropheryma whipplei

Symptoms and Signs:
1. Migratory poly/oligoarthralgia
Diagnosis and Management ... Tropheryma whipplei Symptoms ... Abdominal pain; ... Disease #diagnosis #algorithm ... #management #criteria
Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Pathophysiology:
 • Defect in fetal free fatty acid metabolism products →
Pregnancy (AFLP) Pathophysiology ... postpartum): • Initial symptoms ... nausea, vomiting, abdominal ... pain, headache, ... infiltration) Differential
Metformin Associated Lactic Acidosis (MALA) 

Pathophysiology of MALA
 - Metformin interferes with the activity of the
Acidosis (MALA) Pathophysiology ... Diagnosis of MALA - Abdominal ... pain, gastrointestinal ... presentation - Clinical ... also includes symptoms
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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extrapulmonary cases Clinical ... progressive back pain ... PE: - Local pain ... for weakness, pain ... decreased reflexes Pathophysiology