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causes🔆 LEARN PES ✖ Levator muscle dysfunction (e.g., congenital ptosis, myasthenia gravis) ✖ Extraocular muscle disorders (e.g., cranial nerve III palsy, Horner's syndrome) ✖ Aponeurosis defects (e.g., aging-related changes, post-traumatic ptosis) ✖ Regional neuromuscular disorders (e.g., myotonic dystrophy, Lambert-Eaton syndrome) ✖ Neurological diseases (e.g., multiple sclerosis, Guillain-Barré syndrome) ✖ Pseudoptosis (e.g., dermatochalasis, enophthalmos) ✖ Eyelid tumors (e.g., neurofibroma, hemangioma) ✖ Systemic diseases (e.g., diabetes mellitus, systemic lupus erythematosus) #ophthalmology 〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰 ©Medical Mnemonics
Causes ofchronic constipation 🇺🇸👤JOE BIDEN 🏛 🗳Juvenile eating disorder(anorexia nervosa) 🗳Other(pregnancy, systemic sclerosis, myotonic dystrophy) 🗳Environmental and dietary(low fiber diet, immobility,...) 🗳Bowel obstructing lesions 🗳Irritable bowel syndrome, Idiopathic chronic constipation 🗳Drugs(Aluminum,Opiates, ...), Dyssynergic defecation 🗳Endocrine and metabolic (hypothyroidism,hypokalemia,hypercalcemia) 🗳Neurogenic disorders(Multiple sclerosis, Hirschsprung disease,...) #gastroenterology 〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰 ©Medical Mnemonics
causes🇺🇸DONALD TRUMP🏛 💲Diabetes 💲Overuse injury, Obesity 💲Neoplasm 💲Acromegaly 💲Low thyroid(hypothyroidism) 💲Dialysis-related amyloidosis 💲Trauma(colles fx) 💲Rheumatiod arthritis 💲Use of Aromatase inhibitors 💲Menopause, Myxoedema 💲Pregnancy #orthopedics #neurology 〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰 ©Medical Mnemonics