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Mechanisms of Pain
Mixed - Nociceptive/Neuropathic
Nociceptive - Tissue Damage
 - Visceral - (From organ/cavity lining) Poorly localized,
Mechanisms of Pain ... Well-localized, sharp, short ... syndrome - Deafferentation ... Post-stroke • Spinal ... #Mechanisms #Neurology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
ulceration • Ocular ... skin injury) • Neurologic ... white matter, spinal ... inhibitors • Uveitis- Ophthalmology ... Nonsurgical abdominal pain
Ear Pain (Otalgia) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary Otalgia 
 - Pain that originates from the ear
- Ramsay Hunt syndrome ... Glossopharyngeal neuromas Vagus ... roots—cervical spine ... vision or black spots ... nasal, cervical spine
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Syndrome ... • Weakness: Starts ... Hands or feet • Pain ... of intrathecal spinal ... management #treatment #neurology
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acid Base Disorders ... And BMP Normal Values ... bowel syndrome, ... Hyperventilation (Anxiety, pain ... ABG #bloodgas #Acid
SAPHO Syndrome Summary

What?
SAPHO syndrome is a rare chronic inflammatory disorder of bone, joint, and skin characterized
lesions + Rheumatic pain ... thickening • Osteitis: pain ... anterior chest wall, parts ... skeleton-sacroiliac joint and spine ... sites such as the collar
The Stages of Syphilis 

Primary Syphilis 
- The chancre lesion is the hallmark of primary syphilis.
- Ocular syphilis ... and nephrotic syndrome ... have positive serology ... roots, causing a syndrome ... of pain and sensory
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
• Or brainstem syndromes ... Sensitivity to pain ... Progressive MS (Spinal ... objective evidence of neurologic ... taper 3-7 days - Short
Periodic Alternating Gaze (PAG) on Physical Exam

Periodic Alternating Gaze (PAG) is an involuntary continuous cyclic horizontal
PAG & PAN are rarely ... up clock that stores ... Alternating #Gaze #neurology ... #physicalexam #ocular ... #ophthalmology