Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 140
Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, you realise that it would rather be challenged with some good old fashioned medical trivia…introducing Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 140
Question 1
What would you smoke to bring on acute diffuse alveolar haemorrhage?
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Crack
that is…Cocaine. [Reference]
Question 2
What is the more common name for ephelides?
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Freckles [Reference]
Question 3
In what ways do Argyl Robertson pupils resemble prostitutes?
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Both ‘accommodate but don’t react‘ and are traditionally associated with neurosyphilis
William John Adie described a second type of pupil that could “accommodate but not react.” Adie’s tonic pupil is usually associated with a benign peripheral neuropathy (Adie syndrome), not with syphilis.
With the advent of penicillin AR pupil are now very rare (takes decades to develop). A patient whose pupil “accommodates but does not react” almost always has a tonic pupil, not an AR pupil.
Loewenfeld distinguished between the two types of pupils by carefully observing the exact way in which...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Neil Long Tags: Frivolous Friday Five aide's pupil argyll robertson pupil cocaine crack crack cocaine ephelides freckles lhermitte's sign ms multiple sclerosis neurosyphilis nitrous oxide torus transverse myelitis Source Type: blogs
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