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Biphasic Illness of Leptospirosis
Some patients do not progress to severe disease. Others, rapidly develop severe disease
Biphasic Illness ... -14 days): • Fever ... • Headache ... • Pulmonary hemorrhage ... #Signs
Heat Illnesses and Heat Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Heat Cramps:
 • Muscle pain or spasm -
Heat Stroke - Differential ... → Syncope • Signs ... sensations - Headache ... #differential # ... diagnosis #causes
13 Dangerous Causes of Headache:
 - subarachnoid hemorrhage: family history, PCKD, known berry aneurysm, sudden and
13 Dangerous Causes ... CNS infection: fever ... contacts with similar illness ... thrombophilia, neurologic signs ... Dangerous #Deadly #Differential
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
Differential Diagnosis ... High spike and rapid ... Non-Infectious Causes ... Brucellosis Faget's Sign ... Leptospirosis • Viral hemorrhagic
Signs and Symptoms Associated With Different Headache Etiologies
 • Nonfocal mental status changes - Meningitis, encephalitis,
Signs and Symptoms ... • Fever - Febrile ... Tentorial pressure cone ... #signs #symptoms ... #clues #differential
Fever After International Travel

Infectious Disease:
• Endemic in either the destination or home region

Viral Syndromes:
Arboviral infections, a
with headache, ... Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic ... with headache, ... Blood culture; rapid ... #Travel #Differential
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Infections in HIV - Differential ... • CT: Halo sign ... Influenza: • Rapid ... factor • May cause ... Infections #HIV #AIDS