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Acute Otitis Media: Complications
Infection and inflammation of the middle ear
 - Prolonged obstruction of e. tube
Acute Otitis Media ... Infection and inflammation ... severe Signs/Symptoms ... #OtitisMedia #Complications ... pathophysiology #symptoms
Anaphylaxis: Signs and Symptoms
Anaphylaxis: when any egg of three conditions is met:
1. Acute onset of skin/mucosal
Anaphylaxis: Signs and Symptoms ... Acute onset of skin ... in the acute phase ... / Complications ... pathophysiology #immunology
Cholesteatoma (of middle ear): Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Congenital trapping of keratinizing epithelium in middle
middle ear Signs / Symptoms ... / Complications ... Polyp secondary to inflammation ... • Acute otitis ... pathophysiology #symptoms
Acute Otitis Media: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings (in Children)
Upper Respiratory Tract Infection: 
 - Bacterial: Streptococcus
Acute Otitis Media ... bacterial. => Inflammation ... resolve by 72 hours Complications ... mechanisms) #OtitisMedia ... pathophysiology #diagnosis #symptoms
Acute Rheumatic Fever: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Delayed autoimmune reaction
-> Molecular mimicry
-> GAS antigen cross-reacts with host
->
Acute Rheumatic ... Tissue injury and inflammation ... , Carditis #Acute ... diagnosis #signs #symptoms ... #complications
Ankylosing Spondylitis: Extra-articular Manifestations
 • Ocular - Inflammation of the iris, the anterior part of the
• Cardiac - Inflammation ... acute phase reactant ... - Ligamentous inflammation ... Manifestations #Complications ... diagnosis #signs #symptoms
Bulimia Nervosa: Complications
GASTROINTESTINAL
 • Dehydration & inability to digest food -> Constipation
 • Recurrent vomiting exposes
Bulimia Nervosa: Complications ... to gastric acid inflammation ... BulimiaNervosa #Complications ... diagnosis #signs #symptoms ... #psychiatry