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Ear Pain (Otalgia) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary Otalgia 
 - Pain that originates from the ear
Otitis externa - Caused ... • Inflammatory process ... the following symptoms ... • Associated symptoms ... differentiate disease processes
Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia 
Clinical 
 • Caused by Pneumocystis jirovecii (formerly carinil) 
 • Immunocompromised host
Clinical • Caused ... CD4 < 200 • Symptoms ... progress over 2
Algorithm regarding the diagnosis and treatment of Hereditary Hemochromatosis HH. 

Step 1: In the patient with
suspected HH based on symptoms ... homozygotes should proceed ... out additional causes ... If other causes ... 1,000 μg/mL should proceed
Subacute Thyroiditis

Also known as: de Quervain’s thyroiditis, granulomatous thyroiditis, or viral thyroiditis

What?
Postviral inflammatory process caused by
Postviral inflammatory process ... caused by common ... follicular changes progress ... after onset Causes ... • Malaise and symptoms
Subinvolution of the uterus refers to the delayed return of the uterus to its pre-pregnancy size
occurs when that process ... Causes Retained ... Signs and Symptoms
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Abdominal Pain Causes ... • Process: Accelerating ... changes • Urinary symptoms ... Consider cardiac causes ... genitourinary causes
Cullen's sign. Lipase 1,781. Bruising in the skin around the umbilicus. This sign is named after
conditions that cause ... pregnancy, or other causes ... onset of other symptoms ... the diagnostic process
The eye is very complex and contains various tissues and structures that work together to provide
self-resolving processes ... disorders can be caused ... various signs and symptoms
Secondary Syphilis Rash
Secondary syphilis is the most contagious of all the stages of this disease, and
The signs and symptoms ... infection will progress ... resembling rashes caused
Dysphagia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Symptom | Diagnosis
• Solid-food dysphagia present for months to years | Mechanical
Diagnosis Framework Symptom ... the swallowing process ... the underlying cause