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Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
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- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... PHANTOMS): • Pattern ... (e.g., fever, myalgia ... arteritis • Acute
Emergent Causes of Headache and Associated Risk Factors
Carbon monoxide poisoning
 - Breathing in enclosed or confined
Emergent Causes ... patterns - History ... lesions in other areas ... #redflags #signs ... #symptoms #differential
Rare Causes of Abdominal Pain
 • Hereditary Angioneurotic Edema - Recurrent visceral that may by swelling
Rare Causes of Abdominal ... Mediterranean Fever ... by serositis • Acute ... Positive Carnett's sign ... Abdominal #Pain #differential
Modified dengue severity classification, PAHO/WHO
Dengue without warning signs - DNWS:
 • Person who lives or has
has traveled to areas ... days and presents fever ... Headache/ retro-orbital ... transmission, with acute ... and no apparent focus
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
encephalitis, eastern ... • Fever • Nuchal ... Symptoms: • Acute ... meningeal signs ... (fever, nuchal
PFAPA Syndrome - Periodic Fever, Aphthous Stomatitis, Pharyngitis, and Adenitis

EPIDEMIOLOGY:
PFAPA is the most common syndrome entailing
globally, excluding areas ... accompanied by headache ... DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS ... flare; chest pain ... dominant inheritance pattern