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Chronic Diarrhea Differential Diagnosis
 • Inflammatory, Infectious: Recurrent C. diff, Giardiasis
 • Inflammatory, Non-infectious: IBD, Ischemia,
Chronic Diarrhea ... Differential Diagnosis ... Dysmotility: IBS, Medications ... , Diabetes, Thyrotoxicosis ... #Diagnosis #causes
Blurry Vision - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Anatomical Approach to Eye Disease:
1. Lids/Lashes
2. Extraocular Muscles/Motility
3. Conjunctiva/Sclera
4. Cornea
5. Anterior
of Systemic Medications ... • Diabetic retinopathy ... visual loss) • Medications ... hyperviscosity syndrome, diabetes ... #diagnosis #ophthalmology
Hypomagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism

Decreased GI Uptake 
 - Poor dietary intake (particularly common in alcoholics)
losses - Chronic diarrhea ... Renal Loses - Medications ... - Uncontrolled diabetes ... #Diagnosis #Low ... #Causes #Workup
Vision Loss - Differential Diagnosis
Chronic: 
  - Cornea: Scarring, Edema
  - Lens: Cataracts
Diagnosis Chronic ... degeneration - Retina: Diabetic ... Dislocation, Retinal Detachment ... #Diagnosis #causes ... #ophthalmology
Causes of Hypomagnesemia
Redistribution:
 - IV glucose
 - Correction of diabetic ketoacidosis
 - IV hyperalimentation
 - Refeeding
Causes of Hypomagnesemia ... Correction of diabetic ... biliary fistula - Diarrhea ... #diagnosis #differential ... #medications #drugs
Causes of Chronic Diarrhea
Osmotic Diarrhea
 1. Medications: antacids, lactulose, sorbitol
 2. Disaccharidase deficiency: lactose intolerance
 3.
Medications: antacids ... Medications Inflammatory ... motility disorders (diabetes ... : scleroderma, diabetes ... #Causes #Differential
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... • Type B1: - Diabetes ... - HIV/HAART medications ... #Diagnosis #causes ... #typea #typeb #classification