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Anxiety; emotional stress Pain Infection; Sepsis Fever Exercise (recently) Anemia Hemorrhage Hypovolemia, dehydration Hypotension, shock Pregnancy CHF (with reduced left ventricular function and compensatory tachycardia) Myocarditis Aortic insufficiency Diabetic...
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Most common: Viral arthritis, Osteoarthritis Osteoarthritis Viral arthritis (see common types of viruses) Rheumatoid arthritis Inflammatory osteoarthritis Psoriatic arthritis Inflammatory bowel disease Polyarticular gout Pseudogout Bacterial endocarditis Lyme disease...
DDx
Don’t miss: Bipolar disorder Psychiatric Normal grief response Depressive disorders Major depressive disorder Adjustment disorder with depressed mood Persistent depressive disorder (Dysthymia), for ≥ 2 years Premenstrual dysphoric disorder Substance/Medication induced...
DDx
Generalized anxiety disorder Anxiety of other types: Social anxiety d/o, phobias, Separation anxiety disorder, etc. Panic disorder Alcoholism; Alcohol withdrawal Medication or substance abuse, e.g., caffeine, nicotine, albuterol, levothyroxine, decongestants (e.g....
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Cyclical breast pain (physiologic) – most common. Fibrocystic disease Mastitis; breast abscess Chest wall pain Idiopathic breast pain Caffeine, nicotine Large breast size (stretches Cooper’s ligament) Breast structure: Breast cysts/macrocysts; Breast...
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Multifactorial Balance disorder; Gait disorders Idiopathic Accident, fall from bed Environmental factors (new surroundings, walking surface hazards) Visual impairment Muscle weakness Syncope Acute illness: Pneumonia, stroke, anemia, dehydration Cerebrovascular...
