21 results
Infectious Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Polyarticular Join Pain
 • Viral Myalgia
 • Viral Arthritis
Infectious Joint ... Pain - Differential ... Pain • Viral ... #Infectious #JointPain ... #MSK #Differential
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
Pain - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... #Inflammatory #JointPain ... #MSK #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Acute Joint Pain - Vitamin CD Mnemonic
Vascular
Infectious
Trauma - Multiple injury sites, Open Fracture, Infectious joint pain
Autoimmune
Acute Joint Pain ... Osteoporosis #Acute #JointPain ... VitaminCD #Mnemonic #MSK ... #Orthopedics #differential ... #diagnosis #Causes
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
Pain History ... trauma (e.g., meniscal ... #Pain #MSK #rheumatology ... approach #workup #differential ... #diagnosis #arthritis
Extra-articular and Other Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Eyes
  • Iritis or uveitis - Spondyloarthropathies, Sarcoidosis,
Associated with Joint ... Pain Eyes ... syndrome - SLE Neurologic ... #pain #differential ... #diagnosis #rheumatology
Distinguishing between Inflammatory and Degenerative joint disease
Inflammatory Joint Disease
 • Swelling stimulates joint nociceptors -> Pain
nociceptors -> Pain ... in Rheumatoid arthritis ... Comparison #Versus #MSK ... #JointDisease #JointPain ... #Diagnosis #pathophysiology
Chronic Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Intra-Articular
 - Bone
     • Stress
Chronic Joint Pain ... - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Ossificans #Chronic #JointPain ... Intraarticular #MSK
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
Pain - Diagnostic ... Lyme), reactive arthritis ... #Joint #Pain #MSK ... approach #workup #differential ... #diagnosis #arthritis
Vascular Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
 - Constant Pain (Ischemia)
 - Acute Onset
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Vascular Joint Pain ... - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... #Vascular #JointPain ... #MSK #Differential
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Approach to Joint ... Pain - Arthritis ... Differential Diagnosis ... Joint #pain #Differential ... #Diagnosis #MSK