Uncommon causes
Metabolic causes:
- ketoacidosis
- hypercalcaemia
- lead poisoning
- Addison's disease
- uraemia
- acute intermittent porphyria
- hypertriglyceridaemia
- drugs e.g. salicylates, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, some antibiotics, imipramine, sodium valproate, iron preparations, some anticancer drugs.
Respiratory causes:
- pneumonia
- pulmonary embolism
- diaphragmatic pleurisy
- pneumothorax
Others:
- migraine
- myocardial infarction
- Henoch Schonlein purpura
- mesenteric ischaemia
- haemolytic crisis
- tabes dorsalis
- spinal disease
- sickle cell crisis
- hepatoma
- angioedema
- epilepsy
Related pages
- Diabetic ketoacidosis
- Hypercalcaemia
- Lead poisoning
- Addison's disease
- Uraemia
- Acute intermittent porphyria
- Familial triglyceridaemia
- Secondary hypertriglyceridaemia
- Hyperlipidaemia
- Pneumonia
- Pulmonary embolism
- Pneumothorax
- Migraine
- Myocardial infarction
- Henoch-Schonlein purpura
- Mesenteric ischaemia
- Sickle cell crises (haemolytic)
- Tabes dorsalis
- Sickle cell crises of the abdomen
- Hepatoma
- Angioneurotic oedema
- Epilepsy
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