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Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
and Management ... ankles, knees, fingers ... frequent attacks • Arthritis ... elbows, Achilles tendon ... #treatment #rheumatology
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
warm, swollen, tender ... , gout or pseudogout ... for cell count, culture ... #Joint #Pain #MSK ... #rheumatology #
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Mycoses HISTOPLASMOSIS ... pulmonary symptoms • Rheumatologic ... Meningitis, septic arthritis ... scalp, vagina, fingers ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management