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Differentiating Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) From Vestibular Neuritis-Labyrinthitis
BENIGN PAROXYSMAL POSITIONAL VERTIGO
 • Age: More common
• Frequency of symptoms ... • Frequency of symptoms ... Hallpike test: Symptoms ... Labyrinthitis #diagnosis ... #neurology #comparison
Diagnostic Algorithm for Dizziness and Vertigo
Peripheral Vertigo:
 • Attacks: Sudden, severe, can last anywhere from seconds
Diagnostic Algorithm ... No auditory symptoms ... (vestibular neuritis ... Long symptom-free ... #differential #diagnosis
Characteristics of Peripheral and Central Vertigo
PERIPHERAL VERTIGO
 • Onset: Sudden
 • Intensity: Severe initially, often decreasing
for vestibular neuritis ... in vestibular neuritis ... Central #Vertigo #diagnosis ... findings #signs #symptoms ... #comparison #neurology
Causes of Dizziness - Vertigo - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
True Vertigo - Illusion of Rotary Movement
Peripheral Vestibular
- Differential Diagnosis ... vomiting, auditory symptoms ... Labrynthitis/Vestibular Neuronitis ... symptoms/signs, ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Peripheral Vertigo
Time course and symptoms characteristics are very helpful in distinguishing between causes of peripheral vertigo.
Benign
Time course and symptoms ... movements Vestibular Neuritis ... #differential #diagnosis ... #comparison #table
Causes of Peripheral and Central Vertigo
PERIPHERAL VERTIGO
1. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) - Short-lived (typically less
Vestibular neuritis ... with significant neurologic ... attacks with varying neurologic ... #differential #diagnosis ... #neurology
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
Unilateral optic neuritis ... Nystagmus, Optic neuritis ... Multiple Sclerosis Diagnosis ... objective evidence of neurologic ... #management #neurology
Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO) - Clinical Manifestations
 • Optic neuritis: Reduced visual acuity, ranging from mild to
Manifestations • Optic neuritis ... Manifestations #diagnosis ... #neurology #symptoms
Photophobia and Headache - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Why?
• The coexistence of photophobia and headache suggests the potential
- Differential Diagnosis ... - Autonomic symptoms ... Painful optic neuritis ... #differential #diagnosis ... ophthalmology #Neurology
Panic Disorder: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Social Factors
 • Parenting and infant attachment
 • Childhood illness/abuse
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and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal ... sensations • Neurotic ... Psychological Symptoms ... Pathophysiology #diagnosis ... #symptoms #signs