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Rare Causes of Abdominal Pain
 • Hereditary Angioneurotic Edema - Recurrent visceral that may by swelling
Rare Causes of Abdominal ... by serositis • Acute ... painAbdominal ... #Abdominal #Pain ... #differential #diagnosis
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... potentially be an acute ... changes • Urinary symptoms ... Pain: • Pregnancy ... aneurysms • Acute
Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Pathophysiology:
 • Defect in fetal free fatty acid metabolism products →
Acute Fatty Liver ... : • Defect in fetal ... postpartum): • Initial symptoms ... , vomiting, abdominal ... pain, headache,
Headache Syndromes 
Sudden onset of pain - "Thunder clap" with any decreased mentation, any positive focal
Headache Syndromes ... mentation, any positive ... Temporal arteritis or acute ... #Syndromes #diagnosis ... #symptoms
Clinical manifestations of anaphylaxis. 
Neurological (<15%): Dizziness, syncope, seizures, Confusion, impending doom. headache
Angioedema: Lips, tongue, orbit,
impending doom. headache ... arrest, Kounis syndrome ... intestinal edema, abdominal ... pain and fecal ... #diagnosis #criteria
13 Dangerous Causes of Headache:
 - subarachnoid hemorrhage: family history, PCKD, known berry aneurysm, sudden and
13 Dangerous Causes ... head in dependent position ... or at work) - acute ... dissection: unilateral pain ... postpartum #Diagnosis
Extrapulmonary manifestations of COVID-19
 • Neurologic: Headaches, Dizziness, Encephalopathy, Guillain-Barré, Ageusia, Myalgia, Anosmia, Stroke
 • Renal:
• Neurologic: Headaches ... /vomiting, Abdominal ... pain, Anorexia ... Extrapulmonary #Diagnosis ... #Signs #Symptoms
Emergent Causes of Headache and Associated Risk Factors
Carbon monoxide poisoning
 - Breathing in enclosed or confined
Emergent Causes ... with the same symptoms ... Female gender - Pregnancy ... vasoconstriction syndrome ... differential #emergency #diagnosis
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Workup Summary
Use a positive diagnostic strategy with minimal testing.
Irritable Bowel Syndrome ... Summary Use a positive ... Criteria - Recurrent abdominal ... pain ~ ≥ 1x/ week ... last 3 months + symptom
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Diagnosis:
 • Use a positive diagnostic strategy with
Irritable Bowel Syndrome ... : • Use a positive ... Criteria - Recurrent abdominal ... pain ~ ≥ 1x/ week ... Rifaximin- up to 3 courses