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Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
neurodegenerative disease ... Multiple Sclerosis Diagnosis ... objective evidence of neurologic ... taper 3-7 days - Short ... #management #neurology
Myasthenia Gravis - Summary
 • an autoimmune disease of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction associated with antibodies
50 years in men Diagnosis ... should undergo chest ... myasthenia usually • Starts ... within 3 years of diagnosis ... #management #neurology
Abnormalities in Rate and Rhythm of Breathing 
Normal 
The respiratory rate is about 14—20 per min
restrictive lung disease ... , pleuritic chest ... Occasional sighs ... Breathing #Patterns #Pulmonary ... Abnormalities #Abnormal #Diagnosis
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
aches, joint pain, chest ... extrapulmonary disease ... or meningitic disease ... Inhalation of spores ... : • Serology for