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Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Chronic Abdominal ... patients with chronic abdominal ... changes • Urinary symptoms ... • Splenic vein thrombus ... aortic aneurysms
Diffuse Acute Abdominal Pain (<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac,
Diffuse Acute Abdominal ... - Differential Diagnostic ... Perforation • Ruptured abdominal ... aortic aneurysm ... Diffuse #Acute #Abdominal
Causes of Low Back Pain - Differential Diagnosis
Intrinsic Spine: Lumbar strain, Herniated nucleus pulposus, Compression fracture,
Causes of Low Back ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Connective tissue disease ... • Vascular - abdominal ... aortic aneurysm
Salmonella Aspiration on Microscopy

66 y/o male with history of coronary artery disease presents with abdominal pain.
coronary artery disease ... presents with abdominal ... pelvis shows an abdominal ... aortic aneurysm ... Diagnosis ?
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
decades of life Causes ... and duration of symptoms ... angioedema Other symptoms ... , abdominal pain ... Cold #Urticaria #diagnosis
Functional Dyspepsia - Signs, Symptoms and Pathophysiology
Delayed gastric emptying - Postprandial fullness, nausea, vomiting
Hypersensitivity to gastric
Dyspepsia - Signs, Symptoms ... postprandial fullness, abdominal ... nonerosive reflux disease ... gastroenterology #symptoms ... #diagnosis #signs
Causes of Polycythemia (Erythrocytosis) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Relative - Normal RBC Mass / Decreased Plasma Volume
Causes of Polycythemia ... - Differential Diagnosis ... 90%, Abnormal Abdominal ... Chronic Chest Symptoms ... #Algorithm #Causes
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency
Addison's Disease - Damage of the adrenal glands with lack of cortisol, androgens and
aldosterone Causes ... : Most Common Causes ... /vomiting • Abdominal ... Serum DHEAS Diagnosis ... endocrinology #diagnosis
Whipple Disease (Tropheryma whipplei) - Diagnosis and Management 

Caused by: Tropheryma whipplei

Symptoms and Signs:
1. Migratory poly/oligoarthralgia
Whipple Disease ... Management Caused ... Tropheryma whipplei Symptoms ... Abdominal pain; ... MatthewHoMD #Whipple #Disease
Biphasic Illness of Leptospirosis
Some patients do not progress to severe disease. Others, rapidly develop severe disease
develop severe disease ... brief interval symptom ... rash • Others: nausea ... , vomiting, abdominal ... Biphasic #Phases #Diagnosis