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Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: Pathogenesis and Medications Aging -> Increased Testosterone -> Testosterone metabolized into DHT by type
Benign Prostatic ... a-reductase in prostate ... -> Prostate encapsulated ... inflammation ... #BPH #Benign #
Inflammatory Cascade: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings Continued Innate Immunity • Phagocytosis: (main mechanism) neutrophils and macrophages engulf
Inflammatory Cascade ... destruction), promote inflammation ... cell activity #Inflammatory ... #Cascade #Inflammation ... pathophysiology #immunology
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings Hormonal alterations (result of aging process) ->
Benign Prostatic ... FGF-related proteins) Inflammation ... Inflammation: Incr ... activation of inflammatory ... bladder stones #BPH
Lower Urinary Tract Infections: Complications - Infection damages the urinary tract epithelium causing fibroblast proliferation and
Bacterial toxins and inflammation ... in a systemic inflammatory ... urethra travel to prostate ... via prostatic ducts
Lupus (SLE): Mucocutaneous Manifestations • Langerhan cells and keratinocytes release cytokines -> localized inflammatory response ->
Mucocutaneous Manifestations ... cytokines -> localized inflammatory ... scaling that extend inflammation ... -> Incr local inflammation ... Mucocutaneous #Manifestations
Distinguishing between Inflammatory and Degenerative joint disease Inflammatory Joint Disease • Swelling stimulates joint nociceptors -> Pain
Distinguishing between Inflammatory ... joint disease Inflammatory ... Swollen Joints • Inflammation ... Extra-articular manifestations ... mild synovial inflammation
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Pathogenesis and Joint diseases features • RA affects 1% of population, women >
Extra-articular manifestations ... • Rate of inflammatory ... etc • Systemic inflammation
Ankylosing Spondylitis: Extra-articular Manifestations • Ocular - Inflammation of the iris, the anterior part of the
Extra-articular Manifestations ... • Ocular - Inflammation ... photophobia • GI - Inflammatory ... endoscopy (Not Inflammatory ... Extraarticular #Manifestations
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