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Chronic Hypertensive Retinopathy: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Ophthalmic Artery Hypertension
Stage 1: Mild/vasoconstrictive
 • Acute and chronic vasospasm
Chronic Hypertensive ... vasoconstrictive • Acute ... and chronic vasospasm ... Papilledema #Chronic ... ophthalmology #diagnosis
Adhesive Capsulitis (Frozen Shoulder) - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

 • Primary (Idiopathic): Unknown etiology, but associated
mellitus, thyroid disease ... a stroke that caused ... side) Second Stage ... pathophysiology #diagnosis ... #staging #msk
First Generation Anti-Psychotics: Mechanisms and Side Effects
Typical/Conventional Anti-Psychotics - Examples: Haloperidol, Chlorpromazine

ACh M1 antagonist - Block
, and/or limbs caused ... by chronic dopamine ... bradykinesia/akinesia • Acute ... restlessness #AntiPsychotics ... #pharmacology #diagnosis
Mastoiditis: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Acute or Chronic Otitis Media -> 
Stage 1: Hyperemeia of the mastoid
clinical findings Acute ... or Chronic Otitis ... hearing loss, nausea ... signs #symptoms #diagnosis ... #otology
Central Retinal Artery Occlusion: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Inflammatory Disease: (i.e. GCA, SLE, GPA) ->
• Inflammatory Disease ... • Hematologic Disease ... trucking" • Acute ... retinal edema caused ... ophthalmology #diagnosis
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Hormonal alterations (result of aging process)
    ->
Hydronephrosis, Acute ... or chronic renal ... UTIs & bladder stones ... Pathophysiology #Urology ... Signs #Symptoms #Diagnosis
Paget’s Disease: Complications
Abnormal Osteoclasts cause excessive bone turnover -> Incr bone resorption, Incr (abnormal) bone formation

MSK
Paget’s Disease: ... Abnormal Osteoclasts cause ... bone formation MSK ... Nephrolithiasis (Kidney Stones ... pathophysiology #diagnosis