4 results
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
pulmonary symptoms • Rheumatologic ... extrapulmonary disease ... or meningitic disease ... Inhalation of spores ... #Diagnosis #Management
Coccidioidomycosis (Coccidioides): Valley Fever - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode of Transmission
periods after rain/storms ... or excavation work ... Diagnosis • Management ... ValleyFever #diagnosis #management ... #summary #fungal
Management of Pruritus in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
Pruritus with no primary lesions - differential diagnosis:
Management of Pruritus ... Chronic Kidney Disease ... Keep fingernails short ... Pruritus #Treatment #Algorithm ... #Nephrology #CKD
Relapsing Polychondritis

What is it?
Recurrent inflammation of the cartilage in the body (Autoimmune disorder)

Who?
• Most frequently: 40
immunologically mediated diseases ... Sarcoidosis • Behcet disease ... ○ Syphilis ○ Fungal ... Polychondritis #rheumatology ... #diagnosis #management