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Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
Pain - Diagnostic ... rheumatic fever • Chronic ... ), RA, crystal disease ... #Joint #Pain #MSK ... #rheumatology #
Skin Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Rash
	• Human parvovirus B19 infection

Malar rash
	• SLE
	• Human parvovirus B19 infection
	•
Associated with Joint ... Pain Rash ... Dermatomyositis Erythema chronicum ... Scleroderma • Amyloidosis ... #joint #pain #skin
Chronic Diarrhea Differential Diagnosis
 • Inflammatory, Infectious: Recurrent C. diff, Giardiasis
 • Inflammatory, Non-infectious: IBD, Ischemia,
Chronic Diarrhea ... Giardiasis • Inflammatory ... overgrowth, Celiac disease ... , Scleroderma, Amyloidosis ... surgery - VA Joint
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Approach to Joint ... Rheumatologic Disease ... whippleii (Whipple's disease ... burgdorferi (Lyme disease ... Diagnosis #MSK #rheumatology
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
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
Disease: • Pain ... differentiated: • Inflammatory ... and many other inflammatory ... : • Acute or chronic ... #Pain #MSK #rheumatology
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
Overview: chronic, inflammatory symmetric polyarthritis involving small joints of hands/feet, knees, shoulders
Signs & Symptoms:
Summary Overview: chronic ... , inflammatory symmetric ... with activity (inflammatory ... ) • joint pain ... diagnosis #management #rheumatology
SAPHO Syndrome Summary

What?
SAPHO syndrome is a rare chronic inflammatory disorder of bone, joint, and skin characterized
syndrome is a rare chronic ... inflammatory disorder ... lesions + Rheumatic pain ... thickening • Osteitis: pain ... osteoarticular and skin disease
THE LIMPING OR NON-WEIGHT BEARING CHILD PATHWAY

RED FLAGS - In all cases there are specific
markers which
suspicion of severe disease ... Malignancy - Night pain ... splenomegaly, abnormal neurology ... , back pain Haematology ... discrepancy, multiple joint
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
amyloid A (AA) → Chronic ... Inflammatory Conditions ... Bronchiectasis, Chronic ... the extent of disease ... wasting Bone/Joint