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Bell's Palsy
Bell’s Palsy is a damage, acute weakness, or paralysis of the Facial nerve (7th CN),
associated with viral infections ...     - Epstein-Barr ... virus    - Or ... #Bells #Palsy #neurology ... #anatomy #pathophysiology
NINDS Diagnostic Criteria for Guillain Barre Syndrome 
Features Required for Guillain-Barré Syndrome:
 • Progressive muscle weakness
sensory symptoms or signs ... nervous system signs ... Recent diphtheritic infection ... functional paralysis BWH ... diagnosis #criteria #neurology
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Pathophysiology ... response preceding infection ... COVID 19 - Zika virus ... threatening labile BP ... management #treatment #neurology
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Guillain-Barré Syndrome ... to a preceding infection ... • Most common infection ... the underlying pathophysiology ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Mixed Urinary Incontinence: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Urgency Urinary Incontinence (UUI) -> Urinary leakage preceded by a
tumour, stone, BPH ... inflammation/ infection ... Incontinence #Mixed #Pathophysiology ... #Signs #Symptoms ... #Urology #Diagnosis
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
monophasic Pathophysiology ... • Bilateral signs ... zoster, West Nile virus ... Herpes simplex virus ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Hormonal alterations (result of aging process)
    ->
dysregulation -> Bacterial infection ... bladder stones #BPH ... Hyperplasia #Prostate #Pathophysiology ... #Urology #Signs
Anorexia Nervosa: Complications
CARDIAC ABNORMALITIES
 - Functional: Low BP, Sinus bradycardia, prolonged QT interval
 - Structural: Reduced
Functional: Low BP ... / Hypovolemia NEUROLOGIC ... Complications #pathophysiology ... #diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms #psychiatry