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Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors: Mechanisms and Side Effects
 • Serotonin Syndrome:
   - Autonomic Hyperactivity:
Dizziness - Nausea ... Serotonin #Inhibitors #Pathophysiology ... #Pharmacology #SideEffects ... #Psychiatry #Diagnosis
Serotonin-Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors(SNRIs): Mechanisms and Side Effects

Withdrawal: Dizziness, Diarrhea, Insomnia, Nausea, Vomiting
Serotonin Syndrome - Potentially Life
Diarrhea, Insomnia, Nausea ... gain Incr NE: Nausea ... SerotoninNorepinephrine #Inhibitors #Pathophysiology ... #Pharmacology #SideEffects ... #Psychiatry #Diagnosis
Anticonvulsants as Mood Stabilizers: Mechanism and Side-effect
Examples: Valproate, Carbamazepine, Lamotrigine
 • Mild anticholinergic effect -> Drowsiness
Systemic effect -> Nausea ... MoodStabilizers #Mechanism #SideEffects ... #Pathophysiology ... #Psychiatry #Pharmacology
Trypanosomiasis - Trypanosoma cruzi Life Cycle
1) Triatomine bug takes a blood meal (passes metacyclic trypomastigotes in
a blood meal (passes ... TrypanosomaCruzi #Tcruzi #LifeCycle ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Bulimia Nervosa: Signs and Symptoms
Associated Psychological / Behavioural Features
 • Feelings of shame, guilt and embarrassment
Sores, scars, calluses ... inducing vomiting #BulimiaNervosa ... #pathophysiology ... signs #symptoms #psychiatry
Angiostrongyliasis - Angiostrongylus costaricensis Life Cycle
1) Eggs hatch in the ileum, and first-stage larvae are passed
eggs in tissues causes ... costaricensis #LifeCycle ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Bulimia Nervosa: Complications
GASTROINTESTINAL
 • Dehydration & inability to digest food -> Constipation
 • Recurrent vomiting exposes
hormone levels cause ... Cardiac Arrest #BulimiaNervosa ... Complications #pathophysiology ... signs #symptoms #psychiatry