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Bell's Palsy
Bell’s Palsy is a damage, acute weakness, or paralysis of the Facial nerve (7th CN),
Herpes simplex virus ... - Epstein-Barr virus ... Varicella-Zoster virus ... neurology #anatomy #pathophysiology
Kaposi Sarcoma Herpes Virus (KSHV) - Viral Life Cycle

Infectious Diseases Fellows Network @ID_fellows

#KSHV #Kaposi #Sarcoma #HerpesVirus
Sarcoma Herpes Virus ... HerpesVirus #LifeCycle #pathophysiology
Fever - Pyrogen Pathophysiology

EXOGENOUS PYROGEN
 • Bacteria: Lipopolysaccharide components, peptidoglycans and muramyl peptide derivatives, Toxins
 •
Fever - Pyrogen Pathophysiology ... derivatives, Toxins • Virus ... Fever #Fever #Pathophysiology
Retroviral Infections: Mechanisms of Oncogenesis
Note: A retrovirus is an RNA virus that uses reverse transcriptase to
retrovirus is an RNA virus ... • Rous sarcoma virus ... T-cell lymphotropic virus ... #oncogenesis #pathophysiology
Childhood Immunization Schedule: Why we immunize
 • Diphtheria Toxin -> URT inflammation causes pseudomembrane with hardened
findings • Polio Virus ... Fecal-oral route, virus ... shock • Mumps Virus ... Varicella-Zoster Virus ... peds #pediatrics #pathophysiology
COVID-19 - How does it affect you? 
Gas Exchange 
Each sac of air, or alveolus, is
, allowing the virus ... copies of the virus ... azuravesta #COVID19 #Pathophysiology
Respiratory pathogen transmission routes
AEROSOL
 • Solid or liquid particles suspended in air or a gas that
smallpox • measles virus ... • influenza virus ... varicella-zoster virus ... routes #aerosols #pathophysiology
Rigors And Bacteremia - Overview

• Rigors are a response to the release of cytokines and prostaglandins
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: ... derivatives, Toxins • Virus ... Rigors #Bacteremia #Pathophysiology
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
, Epstein-Barr virus ... immunodeficiency virus ... HIV), and Zika virus ... the underlying pathophysiology
Acute Otitis Media: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings (in Children)
Upper Respiratory Tract Infection: 
 - Bacterial: Streptococcus
Respiratory syncytial virus ... #OtitisMedia #pathophysiology