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Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
- Autoimmune Rheumatologic ... Disease OLIGOARTHRITIS ... burgdorferi (Lyme disease ... Ankylosing Spondylitis, IBD ... Diagnosis #MSK #rheumatology
Chronic Diarrhea Differential Diagnosis
 • Inflammatory, Infectious: Recurrent C. diff, Giardiasis
 • Inflammatory, Non-infectious: IBD, Ischemia,
Non-infectious: IBD ... overgrowth, Celiac disease ... • Dysmotility: IBS ... surgery - VA Joint ... Diagnosis #causes #gastroenterology
Skin Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Rash
	• Human parvovirus B19 infection

Malar rash
	• SLE
	• Human parvovirus B19 infection
	•
Associated with Joint ... Pain Rash ... gangrenosum • IBD ... #pain #skin #rashes ... differential #diagnosis #rheumatology
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

1) Chronicity
2) Inflammatory vs Non-Inflammatory
3) Number of Joints Involved

1) Chronicity:
Pain - Diagnostic ... ), RA, crystal disease ... Inflammatory, crystalline disease ... #Joint #Pain #MSK ... #rheumatology #
Extra-articular and Other Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Eyes
  • Iritis or uveitis - Spondyloarthropathies, Sarcoidosis,
Pain Eyes ... • Clubbing - IBD ... Spondyloarthropathy-IBD ... #pain #differential ... #diagnosis #rheumatology
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
Pain History ... Disease: • Pain ... disease must be ... necrosis, and Paget disease ... #Pain #MSK #rheumatology
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
Overview: chronic, inflammatory symmetric polyarthritis involving small joints of hands/feet, knees, shoulders
Signs & Symptoms:
involving small joints ... sx improve with activity ... pain / swelling ... • synovitis; joint ... diagnosis #management #rheumatology
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Diagnosis:
 • Use a positive diagnostic strategy with
Bowel Syndrome (IBS ... Recurrent abdominal pain ... Secretagogues → activate ... TinaPhamHang via Emory Gastroenterology ... Diagnosis #Management #gastroenterology
Causes of Bone/Joint Pain in Sickle Cell Disease
Vaso-occlusive pain:
 • Mechanism: ischemic pain
 • Can present
Causes of Bone/Joint ... Cell Disease Vaso-occlusive ... BrighamChiefs #Bone #Joint ... #Disease #differential ... diagnosis #causes #hematology
Ulcerative Colitis - Endoscopic Assessment of Disease Activity
UCEIS Score 0, Mayo Score 0 - Normal
UCEIS Score
Assessment of Disease ... Activity UCEIS ... severity #diagnosis #gastroenterology ... UCEIS #scoring #ibd