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Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
Approach to Joint Pain ... or nerve root Symptoms ... #MSK #rheumatology ... #approach #workup ... #differential #
Aortitis - Diagnosis and Workup
Clinical History:
 - Fever, weight loss, deterioration of general health
 - Aortic
Aortitis - Diagnosis and ... Workup Clinical ... regurgitation - Pain ... hypertension) - Symptoms ... #Differential #
Causes of Bone/Joint Pain in Sickle Cell Disease
Vaso-occlusive pain:
 • Mechanism: ischemic pain
 • Can present
predispose to other orthopedic ... XR, MRI to dx and ... Osteomyelitis / Septic Arthritis ... • Differentiate ... diagnosis #causes #hematology
Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Leg Pain - Differential ... Hepatitis • Hematoma ... Hair loss- feet and ... #differential # ... extremity #msk #physicalexam
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
- Arthritis Differential ... effusion, erythema and ... constitutional symptoms ... Joint #pain #Differential ... Diagnosis #MSK #rheumatology
Ear Pain (Otalgia) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary Otalgia 
 - Pain that originates from the ear
) - Differential ... symptoms: headache ... Cervical spine arthritis ... causes (subdural hematoma ... • Associated symptoms
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
meningitis), MCC CNS symptoms ... Behcet disease) Differential ... Nonsurgical abdominal pain ... management #signs #symptoms ... #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 ... #patterns #rheumatology ... #diagnosis #differential
Emergent Causes of Headache and Associated Risk Factors
Carbon monoxide poisoning
 - Breathing in enclosed or confined
with the same symptoms ... immunization Temporal arteritis ... middle-aged Subdural hematoma ... redflags #signs #symptoms ... #differential #
Anterior Non-necrotizing Scleritis - Slit Lamp Ocular Examination

This 57 yo WM reported to clinic complaining of
he reported no pain ... symptoms. ... further systemic workup ... ophthalmology #physicalexam ... #rheumatology #