Differential Diagnosis
▸ Click on each chief complain to expand the differential diagnosis and diagnostic clues.
▸ Loss of Consciousness / Syncope
▸ Confusion / Memory Loss
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Differential Diagnoses for Headache
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Migraine
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▸ Flashes of light ▸ Nausea and vomiting ▸ Weakness and numbness
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Cluster headache
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▸ Temporal headache ▸ Ipsilateral rhinorrhea, eye tearing and redness ▸ Several episodes ▸ Lasts aprox. 45 min
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Tension Headache
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Temporal arteritis
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▸ Severe, intermittent temporal headache ▸ Ipsilateral blurred visio ▸ Ipsilateral jaw pain
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Trigeminal neuralgia
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▸ Stabbing pain in cheek ▸Episodes last 2-4 min
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Subarachnoid hemorrhage
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▸ Severe headache ▸ Vomiting ▸ Confusion ▸ Hemiplegia ▸ Nuchal rigidity
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Sinusitis
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▸ Frontal headache ▸ Fever ▸ Nasal discharge ▸ Pain on palpation of sinuses ▸ History of allergies
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Meningitis
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▸ Severe headache ▸ Photophobia ▸ Nuchal rigidity ▸ Positive Kerning & Brudzinki Signs
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Pseudotumor cerebri
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▸ Pulsatile headache ▸ Blurred vision ▸ Obese woman
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Differential Diagnoses for Dizziness
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Meniere Disease
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▸ Intermittent episodes ▸ Hearing loss ▸ Nausea ▸ Tinnitus
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Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV)
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Vestibular Neuronitis
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▸ History of URI ▸ No hearing loss
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Laberynthitis
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▸ History of URI ▸ Hearing loss
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Differential Diagnoses for Loss of Consciousness
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Differential Diagnoses for Confusion / Memory Loss
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Differential Diagnoses for Numbness / Weakness
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Differential Diagnoses for Fatigue
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