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Behcet's Syndrome - Treatment
Ulcers:
 • Treatment: Topical steroids
 • Prevention: Colchicine
 • Azathioprine for refractory disease
Arthritis:
Behcet's Syndrome ... manifestations can ... refractory lesions Ocular ... #Syndrome #Treatment ... #management #pharmacology
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
CNS) involvement can ... and less common diseases ... diagnosis and treatment ... can prevent permanent ... polychondritis • Behcet disease
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
ulceration • Ocular ... prick test that can ... Leukemia, Lymphoma Ocular ... Arthritis, AS Treatment ... #diagnosis #management
This is an oversimplified, hypothetical model to think about time from symptom onset and stages of
and stages of disease ... This can help determine ... what treatments ... infectiousdisease #clinical #management ... #treatment
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) - Treatment
Blood pressure control:
 • Aim for 10-25% BP reduction within
Encephalopathy Syndrome ... (PRES) - Treatment ... usually be d/c'd ... Encephalopathy #Syndrome ... #Treatment #Management
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Adult-Onset Still's Disease ... autoinflammatory diseases ... • Ocular: uveitis ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #rheumatology
Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome (STSS)
Complication of invasive GAS disease characterized by shock & MOF → occurs
Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome ... of invasive GAS disease ... , erythematous macular ... #STSS #treatment ... #management #diagnosis
Drugs Used for the Treatment of COVID-19 Infection

** Editor Note (from ophthalmology MD input) - Hydroxychloroquine/chloroquine
More precisely "macular ... in someone who had ... Even with macular ... disease, may consider ... Pharmacology #Table #Management
Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Summary of 2015 CDC Treatment Guidelines
These summary guidelines reflect the 2015 CDC Guidelines
Sexually Transmitted Diseases ... Sexually Transmitted Diseases ... is partner management ... Providers can arrange ... #Management #Guidelines
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Summary
Antinuclear (ANA) - 95% - Initial screening test
Anti-dsDNA - 50%
 • Associated
with more severe disease ... block • Sjogren syndrome ... polymyositis overlap syndrome ... Treatment: • ... #rheumatology #management