Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD
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Aortitis - Diagnosis and Workup
Clinical History:
 - Fever, weight loss, deterioration of general health
 - Aortic
Diagnosis and Workup ... Fungal (rare) Inflammatory ... Spondyloarthritis, IBD ... #Differential # ... Causes
Causes of Iron Deficiency
 β€’ Inadequate Intake: Vegetarian/vegan diet, Malnutrition
 β€’ Increased Body Needs: Infants/preschoolers, Pregnancy,
Causes of Iron Deficiency ... Vegetarian/vegan diet ... Celiac disease β€’ Inflammatory ... Disease (IBD, cancer ... Iron #Deficiency #differential
Fatigue and IBD Algorithm
 β€’ 40-50% patients have fatigue despite clinical remission
 β€’ Risk factors: BMI,
Fatigue and IBD ... UC Anemia and IBD ... IDA and active IBD ... fatigue w/ active IBD ... /other causes β€’
Causes of Iron Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 β€’ Blood loss: GI (cancer, ulcer, IBD), GU
- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... cancer, ulcer, IBD ... Lactation, Low iron diet ... other chronic inflammatory
Diets and Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Diet affects IBD by 3 mechanisms
1. Microbiome ( ↓ diversity)
2. Mucosal
Diets and Inflammatory ... Bowel Disease (IBD ... IBD by 3 mechanisms ... cheeses, yogurts β€’ IBD-Anti-inflammatory ... BowelDisease #IBD
Upper and Lower Causes of GI Bleed
Upper:
 β€’ Esophagus: Tear (Mallory Weiss, Boerhaave syndrome), Variceal, Esophagitis,
Upper and Lower Causes ... Mesenteric ischemia β€’ Inflammatory ... colitis, UC/Chrons (IBD ... Lower #GIBleed #differential ... #algorithm
Hypomagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism

Decreased GI Uptake 
 - Poor dietary intake (particularly common in alcoholics)
Chronic diarrhea / IBD ... Hypomagnesemia #Differential ... Low #Magnesium #Table ... Classification #Causes ... #Workup #hypomg