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Biphasic Illness of Leptospirosis
Some patients do not progress to severe disease. Others, rapidly develop severe disease
brief interval symptom ... • Headache ... suffusion (redness w/o exudate ... ): • Aseptic meningitis ... #Signs
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
- Differential ... Coltivirus Symptoms ... influenzae Symptoms ... Acute meningeal signs ... second phase of the illness
Heat Illnesses and Heat Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Heat Cramps:
 • Muscle pain or spasm -
Muscles, Kidneys, Liver ... Rhabdomyolysis - AKI - Liver ... → Syncope • Signs ... /Symptoms: - Lightheadedness ... tissue damage (AKI, Liver
13 Dangerous Causes of Headache:
 - subarachnoid hemorrhage: family history, PCKD, known berry aneurysm, sudden and
13 Dangerous Causes ... coagulopathy, decreased level ... contacts with similar illness ... thrombophilia, neurologic signs ... Dangerous #Deadly #Differential
Modified dengue severity classification, PAHO/WHO
Dengue without warning signs - DNWS:
 • Person who lives or has
Headache/ retro-orbital ... acute febrile illness ... and no apparent focus ... Liver enlargement ... involvement, such as liver
Emergent Causes of Headache and Associated Risk Factors
Carbon monoxide poisoning
 - Breathing in enclosed or confined
Emergent Causes ... with the same symptoms ... eg, furnaces) Meningitis ... #redflags #signs ... #symptoms #differential
Signs and Symptoms Associated With Different Headache Etiologies
 • Nonfocal mental status changes - Meningitis, encephalitis,
Signs and Symptoms ... status changes - Meningitis ... headache, meningitis ... #signs #symptoms ... #clues #differential
Fever After International Travel

Infectious Disease:
• Endemic in either the destination or home region

Viral Syndromes:
Arboviral infections, a
with headache, ... with headache, ... and myalgias, symptoms ... including tests of liver ... #Travel #Differential
Waterborne Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Infections that can be acquired from fresh water, brackish water, sea
4 weeks • The illness ... biphasic • Clinical symptoms ... : headaches, chills ... Manifestations include: - Meningitis ... - Liver failure