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Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
or nerve root Symptoms ... of Joint Disease ... categories of joint disease ... #MSK #rheumatology ... #approach #workup
Skin Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Rash
	• Human parvovirus B19 infection

Malar rash
	• SLE
	• Human parvovirus B19 infection
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Associated with Joint Pain ... infection • Lyme disease ... migrans • Lyme disease ... • Gonococcal arthritis ... differential #diagnosis #rheumatology
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
MCP and PIP Involvement, Spares DIP, Carpal Tunnel, Sicca Syndrome, Epi/Scleritis, Heart Disease, Rheumatoid
Rheumatoid Arthritis ... Scleritis, Heart Disease ... Nodules, Pulmonary Disease ... RA #diagnosis #rheumatology ... #signs #symptoms
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
constitutional symptoms ... - Autoimmune Rheumatologic ... Disease OLIGOARTHRITIS ... burgdorferi (Lyme disease ... Diagnosis #MSK #rheumatology
Functional Dyspepsia - Signs, Symptoms and Pathophysiology
Delayed gastric emptying - Postprandial fullness, nausea, vomiting
Hypersensitivity to gastric
Dyspepsia - Signs, Symptoms ... and Pathophysiology ... nonerosive reflux disease ... Functional #Dyspepsia #Pathophysiology ... gastroenterology #symptoms
Extra-articular and Other Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Eyes
  • Iritis or uveitis - Spondyloarthropathies, Sarcoidosis,
Associated with Joint Pain ... IBD, Whipple's disease ... Vasculitis (e.g., PAN ... conditions #joint #pain ... differential #diagnosis #rheumatology
Antinuclear Antibodies (ANA)
ANA or Anti-NucIear Antibody refers to antibodies against antigens in the nucleus → like
assay (IFA) is the main ... context of other symptoms ... Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis ... Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis ... ANA #patterns #rheumatology
Meralgia paresthetica: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Compression/injury of Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve (LFCN) -> Meralgia paresthetica
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paresthetica • Symptoms ... intervertebral disc disease ... absent: lower back pain ... Raise Test - Pain ... MeralgiaParesthetica #MSK #pathophysiology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
meningitis), MCC CNS symptoms ... SLE, Reactive arthritis ... Nonsurgical abdominal pain ... management #signs #symptoms ... #rheumatology #
Clinical Features of Systemic Lupus (SLE)
General: Fever (50%), Depression, Fatigue (75%), Weight loss (50%)
Eye: Sjögrens (15%)
Skin
of hip (rare), Arthritis ... lesions Abdominal pain ... (20%) Renal disease ... erythematosus #signs #symptoms ... #diagnosis #rheumatology