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Ear Pain (Otalgia) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary Otalgia 
 - Pain that originates from the ear
Ear Pain (Otalgia ... - Differential Diagnosis ... infections (90%), Fungal ... vision or black spots ... #differential #diagnosis
Ear Pain / Otalgia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Referred Otaliga:
 • Via Vagus or Glossopharyngeal Nerves
 •
Ear Pain / Otalgia ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Referred ... Membrane: • Acute ... #Algorithm #Causes
Infectious Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Polyarticular Join Pain
 • Viral Myalgia
 • Viral Arthritis
Infectious Joint Pain ... Myalgia • Viral ... Articular - Acute ... Onset • Fungal ... #Causes
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Arthritis Differential Diagnosis ... weeks) Can Be Caused ... Mycobacterial • Fungal ... tuberculosis) • Fungi ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Syndrome - Summary Acute ... Guillain-Barre Pathophysiology ... COVID 19 - Zika virus ... • Weakness: Starts ... Hands or feet • Pain
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
presents with acute ... muscle aches, joint pain ... , chest pain • ... Inhalation of spores ... Aspergillosis Pathophysiology
Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS)
(aka: Landry–Guillain–Barré–Strohl syndrome:
	Most common cause of acute flaccid paralysis
	Rapidly progressive ascending paralysis & areflexia
	Autonomic
 Most common cause ... of acute flaccid ... Differential diagnosis ... Transverse myelitis: Pain ...  CIDP: Chronic
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
pneumonia • Chronic ... Lung Abscess Pathophysiology ... Pleuritic chest pain ... Prevotella • Fungal ... #differential #causes
Thiamine Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Clinical Manifestations

Causes of Thiamine Deficiency:
 • Poor intake:
	- Diets
- Differential Diagnosis ... Manifestations Causes ... processed grains - Chronic ... reflexes - Burning pain ... beriberi #nutrition #pathophysiology
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
on ABx) → Acute ... blood/mucus, Abd pain ... Perforation) Pathophysiology ... : Spore ingestion ... → colonic colonization