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thunder clap headache

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subarachnoid haemorrhage

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2
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xanthochromic lumbar puncture

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subarachnoid haemorrgae (cf-fresh blood- traumatic tap)

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3
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lucid period after head trauma (often followed by sudden collapse or deterioration)

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extradural haemorrhage

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4
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cogwheel rigidity

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parkinsons

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5
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woody texture muscle swelling

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duchenne or beckers MD

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6
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increaed CK

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muscular dystrophy

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7
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toe walker or positive gowers sign

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muscular dystrophy

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8
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mask-like expression

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parkinsons

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9
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fluctuating cognitive deficit

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lewy body dementia or delerium

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10
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REM disturbance (later in night)

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lewy body dementia or PD

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11
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vivid visual hallucinations normally of kids and not threatening

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lewy body dementia

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12
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acute onset fluctuating cognitive disturbance

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delerium

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13
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personality /behaviour changes then dementia

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frontotemproal dementia (picks disease)

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14
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memory and personality problems with history of CVS disease

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vascular dementia

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15
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stepwise deterioration

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vascular dementia

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16
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pain on loud noise

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facial nerve palsy

17
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sore 3rd nerve palsy

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posterior communicating artery aneurysm

18
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myalgia and myositis and myoglobinaemia/uria

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rhabdomyolysis

leads to acute renal failure

19
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inflammatory myopathy with poor response to steroids

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inclusion body myositis

20
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weakness and frontal balding and cataract and ptosis

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myotonic dystrophy

onset in 30s

usually + family history

21
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leg symptoms and midline shift

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falcine herniation

22
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back pain worse on coughing

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slipped disc

23
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headache worse on coughing

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posterior fossa problem

24
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bilateral sciatica, male sexual dysfunction+/- bowel and bladder symtpoms

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cauda equina

25
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pleocytosis on CSF

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rule out bacterial meningits

26
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migrain prophylaxis

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1st line- propranolol

or topiramate or amitrypaline

2nd line- valproate, pizotifen, gabapentin, pregabalin

27
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injury to upper brachial plexus

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erb’s palsy

waiters tip

associated with shoulder dystonia

28
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+ simmonds test

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achilles tendon rupture

29
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anti acetylecholine receptor antibody

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myasthenia gravis

30
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purely motor symtpoms with ocular sparing

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motor neurone disease

31
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cervial myelopathy

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high stepping gait and + Rombergs test

32
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panda/racoon eyes

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anterior cranial fossa farcture

33
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battle sign (behind ears)

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mid cranial fossa fratcure

34
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diarrhoea and weakness

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guillian barre syndrome

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