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PULPITIS 
Inflammation and/or infection of the 
dental pulp, eventually leading to necrosis 

PERIRADICULAR PERIODONTITIS or PERIAPICAL
PULPITIS Inflammation ... PERIRADICULAR PERIODONTITIS ... Extension of pulp inflammation
C-REACTIVE PROTEIN
Discovered by Tillett & Francis in 1930. First identified as a substance in the serum
serum with acute inflammation ... in response to inflammation ... cold, gingivitis, periodontitis ... elevation (Systemic inflammation ... C-REACTIVEPROTEIN #inflammation
Causes of Cough and Hemoptysis
Acute Inflammation 
 - Laryngitis 
 - Tracheobronchitis 
 - Mycoplasma and
Hemoptysis Acute Inflammation ... Pneumonias Chronic Inflammmation
Lung Microbiome - The dysbiosis-inflammation cycle. Inflammation of the airways alters environmental growth conditions of airway
The dysbiosis-inflammation ... Inflammation of ... further airway inflammation ... cycle of airway inflammation ... Microbiome #dysbiosis #inflammation
Ulcerative Colitis vs Crohn's Disease - IBD Comparison Table
Ulcerative Collitis
 - Location
large bowel - Inflammation ... Diffuse mucosal inflammation ... (Inflammation limited ... the rectum - Inflammation ... areas), Transmural Inflammation
#Systemic Effects of Inflammation #Pathology Revision
Systemic Effects of Inflammation
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Extra-articular manifestations
Skin: 
 • Inflammation of skin (esp. over areas of stress) forms
manifestations Skin: • Inflammation ... Eyes: • Globe inflammation ... Xerostomia) Heart: • Inflammation ... audible Lungs: • Inflammation ... on CXR • RA inflammation
Role of Uric Acid in the Inflammation of Gout

Allopurinol, Febuxostat - Xanthine oxidase
Colchicine - Release of
Uric Acid in the Inflammation ... other mediators of inflammation
Iron Panel Interpretation

Iron deficiency - ↓ Iron, ↑-nl Transferrin / TIBC, ↓ Transferrin Saturation,  ↓
Anemia of chronic inflammation ... deficiency + Chronic inflammation
Inflammatory Cascade: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Continued Innate Immunity
 • Phagocytosis: (main mechanism) neutrophils and macrophages engulf
destruction), promote inflammation ... Inflammatory #Cascade #Inflammation