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Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Back pain • Skin ... Cardiopulmonary disease ... Inflammatory bowel disease ... Adult Still's disease ... Necrotic bowel disease
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
the population Disease ... Autoimmune diseases ... trigger - Direct skin ... 50% of patients Skin ... 1% of patients Skin
Cervical Lymphadenopathy - Lymph Node Drainage
Preauricular nodes - Drain scalp, skin
 • Differential diagnosis: Scalp infections,
- Drain scalp, skin ... Malignancies: Skin ... upper thoracic skin ... /laryngeal disease ... cytomegalovirus, dental disease
Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Legg-Calve-Perthes disease ... thrombophlebitis Skin ... - HIV - Lyme disease ... band syndrome • Shin ... Brittle nails - Skin
Pruritus - Generalized Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - Systemic and Primary Causes
== Primary Skin Lesions ==
Macules /
Causes == Primary Skin ... • Xerosis (dry skin ... == No Primary Skin ... Cholestatic liver disease ... syndrome Psychiatric Disease
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
 •
Purpura, ischemic skin ... - Affects the skin ... glomerular ischemia - Skin ... rheumatic diseases ... Small Vessels: Skin
Skin Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Rash
	• Human parvovirus B19 infection

Malar rash
	• SLE
	• Human parvovirus B19 infection
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Skin Conditions ... infection • Lyme disease ... migrans • Lyme disease ... Sarcoidosis • Crohn's disease ... #joint #pain #skin
Differential Diagnosis and Evaluation of Hyponatremia:
1) Identification of onset (acute vs. chronic)
2) Presence of symptoms (HA,
Differential Diagnosis ... onset (acute vs. chronic ... status (edema, JVD, skin ... , liver, renal disease ... drug history #Diagnosis
Vibrio Vulnificus skin infection
Cirrhosis w/recent consumption of raw oysters w/rapidly evolving rash. 
Vibrio vulnificus part of
Vibrio Vulnificus skin ... liver disease, ... University Infectious Diseases ... Vibrio #Vulnificus #skin ... legs #clinical #photo
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
Eosinophilic Lung Diseases ... loss; CV, CNS, skin ... parasites; Travel hx, food ... Eosinophilic #Lung #Diseases ... #diagnosis #comparison