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Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Red ... papilledema • Horner ... conditions: • Stroke ... #Algorithm #neurology
Photophobia and Headache - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Why?
• The coexistence of photophobia and headache suggests the potential
- Differential Diagnosis ... hypothalamus, and visual cortex ... #differential #diagnosis ... #ophthalmology ... #Neurology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) - Diagnosis
Clinical Features:
 • Altered mental status (Either lethargy, confusion, or
Generalized > focal) • Headache ... refractory) • Vision ... Eric Strong @DrEricStrong ... - Strong Medicine ... #Neurology
All About Horner's Syndrome

Horner's syndrome, known as 
"oculosympathetic paresis" by people 
who don't have friends, is
described in 1855 by Ed ... Horner, a strange ... would forever make med ... Syndrome #Overview #Ophthalmology ... #Diagnosis #Neurology
Signs and Symptoms Associated With Different Headache Etiologies
 • Nonfocal mental status changes - Meningitis, encephalitis,
tentorial herniation, stroke ... thrombosis • Acute red ... sensory deficit - Stroke ... and VI) - Mass lesion ... #differential #diagnosis
Heat Illnesses and Heat Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Heat Cramps:
 • Muscle pain or spasm -
- Differential Diagnosis ... Rash: • Small red ... Lightheadedness - Tunnel vision ... sensations - Headache ... Disorientation, Headache
Neurological Manifestations of Tuberculosis
Spinal Arachnoiditis & Polyradiculopathy:
 • Subacute onset of limb weakness, bladder/bowel dysfunction, muscle
or hemorrhagic stroke ... later stage) • Headache ... • Papilledema, headache ... #Tuberculosis #diagnosis ... differential #TB #neurology
Types of Facial Paralysis - Peripheral vs Central Lesions

Facial weakness or paralysis may result either from
system between the cortex ... pathways, as in a stroke ... both sides of the cortex ... #Bells #Palsy #Neurology ... #Diagnosis *
Diplopia - Double Vision - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical Pearls:
 • Diplopia is almost always binocular.
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Diplopia - Double Vision ... VI palsy is a red ... • Neurologic ... Functional • Corneal ... Algorithm #Causes #Ophthalmology
Algorithm - Approach to the differential diagnosis of the patient presenting with overt glomerular proteinuria. CMV
content [85].2>5 red ... acanthocytes or red ... nervous system (stroke ... are listed in order ... nephrotic #syndrome #nephrology