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Echinostomiasis - Echinostoma Life Cycle
1) Unembroynated eggs passed in feces
2) Embryonated eggs in water
3) Miracidia hatch
Echinostoma Life Cycle ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc ... #parasite #fluke
Fasciola hepatica - Liver Fluke Life Cycle - Fascioliasis 
Ruminants are the typical definitive hosts.
1) Unembroynated
hepatica - Liver Fluke ... Life Cycle - Fascioliasis ... . 7) Immature flukes ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
Clonorchiasis - Clonorchis sinensis Life Cycle
1) Embryonated eggs passed in feces.
2) Eggs ingested by the snail
sinensis Life Cycle ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc ... #parasite #fluke
Shock - Pathophysiology 
Inadequate tissue perfusion to meet O2, nutrient requirements
1. Distributive Shock
2. Hypovolemic Shock
3. Cardiogenic
Shock - Pathophysiology ... Shock #Shock #Pathophysiology ... differential #diagnosis #algorithm ... #causes
Leishmaniasis Life Cycle
1) Sandfly takes a blood meal (injects promastigote stage into the skin)
Human Stages:
2) Promastigotes
Leishmaniasis Life Cycle ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
Causes of Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis
Hepatocellular - Liver Parenchyma
 • Infectious: Hepatitis C, A,
Causes of Acute ... Malignancy, Liver Fluke ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes ... #Acute #algorithm
Elevated Liver Enzymes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Severe ALT > 15x ULN
 • Viral
 • Drugs/Toxins
 •
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... stricture • Worms/flukes ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes
Menstrual Cycle Physiology: Ovarian Cycle – Ovulation Explained

Around Day 14, estrogen exerts sudden +++ positive feedback
Menstrual Cycle ... Physiology: Ovarian Cycle ... and release LH causes ... #OvarianCycle #pathophysiology
Infographic depicting the main pearls of various types of congenital adrenal hyperplasia for the medical student.
#CAH #algorithm ... #causes #pediatrics ... Endocrinology #Adrenal #pathophysiology
Menstrual Cycle Physiology: Correlating the Ovarian and Uterine Cycles
Note: Some charts show different relative levels of
Menstrual Cycle ... Ovarian and Uterine Cycles ... Ovarian Cycle 1 ... , progesterone causes ... #OvarianCycle #pathophysiology