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Feedback Loop: Prolactin (PRL)
 • PRL levels exhibit diurnal, menstrual, and age-related variation
 • TRH has
Loop: Prolactin (PRL ... ) • PRL levels ... stimulatory effect on PRL ... secretion Prolactin (PRL ... #Prolactin #PRL
Antipsychotic Side Effect Profiles (Typical / AtypicaI)

Listed by Extrapyramidal Side Effects (EPSE), Weight Gain, Elevated Prolactin
Elevated Prolactin (PRL
Primary Amenorrhea Differential Diagnosis Framework

Workup:
 • β-HCG, TSH and PRL
 • Breast Tanner Staging
 • FSH,
β-HCG, TSH and PRL
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
are mixed GH & PRL ... Pituitary testing: ↑PRL
Pituitary Mass Effects - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • Pituitary turnors are almost always a benign
FSH, TSH, ACTH, PRL
Ventromedial nucleus
Dorsomedial nucleus
Arcuate nucleus
Hypothalamus
Supraoptic nucleus
Paraventricular nucleus
RH, IH
ADH
Oxytocin
Superior hypo-physial artery
Axoplasmic transport by neurosecretory nerve cells
Release of RHs,
hormones ACTH PRL
ANCA-Associated Vasculitis
A group of necrotizing, small-vessel vasculitis without immune complex deposition. Complement levels are normal due
associated with PR3 ... involvement - PR3 ... 75-90%, rarely PR3 ... disease - MPO>PR3 ... + almost 100%, PR3
Hypertension in Pregnancy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Pre-existing Hypertension - Before Pregnancy OR <20 weeks gestational age
Diagnosis Algorithm Pre-existing ... Conditions • Pre-existing ... Hypertension with Pre-Eclampsia ... Hypertension with Pre-Eclampsia ... • Pre-Eclampsia
ANA (Antinuclear Antibody) and ANCA (Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies)
 • Systemic lupus erythematosus
   1. Anti-dsDNA
polyangiitis - MPO>PR3 ... polyangiitis - PR3 ... involvement - PR3 ... Churg-Strauss) - MPO>PR3 ... disease - MPO>PR3
Mild-to-Moderate Ulcerative Colitis - Management Algorithm
Curcumin:
 • Natural phytochemical from turmeric
 • 2g/day divided in 2-3
: diet rich in pre ... Budesonide Foam PR ... , Enema PR • Caution ... combination PO/PR ... tolerated than PR