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Risk Factors and Signs of Copper Deficiency
Risk Factors:
 • Gastrointestinal: Previous upper bowel resection/bariatric surgery, Inflammatory
Previous upper bowel ... , Inflammatory bowel ... disease, Chronic diarrhoea ... , Short bowel syndrome ... dental fixatives, Treatment
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Syndrome ... Pathophysiology ... arrythmias • Other: Diarrhea ... #management #treatment ... #neurology
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
• Or brainstem syndromes ... Constipation, Diarrhea ... Multiple Sclerosis Treatment ... sclerosis #diagnosis #management ... #neurology #treatment
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Guillain-Barré Syndrome ... the underlying pathophysiology ... and cauda equina TREATMENT ... #Syndrome #diagnosis ... #management #neurology
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
monophasic Pathophysiology ... antibodies • Nutritional ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment ... Myelitis #diagnosis #management ... #neurology #differential
Diets and Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Diet affects IBD by 3 mechanisms
1. Microbiome ( ↓ diversity)
2. Mucosal
and Inflammatory Bowel ... Mucosal integrity, Short ... pain, wind and diarrhea ... comparison #table #management ... #treatment
Gitelman Syndrome Overview

What?
• Inherited (AR) hypokalemic salt-losing tubulopathies affecting the thiazide-sensitive sodium chloride cotransporter
• Gitelman's syndrome
Hypocalciuria (spot ... Congenital chloride diarrhea ... Rhabdomyolysis Treatment ... #diagnosis #nephrology ... #management #pathophysiology
Strongyloides Stercoralis
EPIDEMIOLOGY - ASSOCIATED WITH SOUTHEASTERN U.S.:
 • 0-6% US Prevalence of those:
 • ~30% Asymptomatic
(walking with bare ... pain, vomiting, diarrhea ... • IgG ELISA TREATMENT ... HYPERINFECTION SYNDROME ... Translocation through bowel