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Causes of Bone/Joint Pain in Sickle Cell Disease
Vaso-occlusive pain:
 • Mechanism: ischemic pain
 • Can present
Causes of Bone/Joint ... predispose to other orthopedic ... common sites: hip ... , shoulder ... #differential #diagnosis
Distinguishing between Inflammatory and Degenerative joint disease
Inflammatory Joint Disease
 • Swelling stimulates joint nociceptors -> Pain
Joint Disease ... manifestations; positive ... affects the knee hip ... > Stiffness is short-lived ... JointDisease #JointPain #Diagnosis
Clinical Features of Systemic Lupus (SLE)
General: Fever (50%), Depression, Fatigue (75%), Weight loss (50%)
Eye: Sjögrens (15%)
Skin
Aseptic necrosis of hip ... pain (20%) Renal disease ... haemolytic Coombs positive ... signs #symptoms #diagnosis ... #rheumatology
THE LIMPING OR NON-WEIGHT BEARING CHILD PATHWAY

RED FLAGS - In all cases there are specific
markers which
and these should ... splenomegaly, abnormal neurology ... Rheumatology ... discrepancy, multiple joint ... Peds #Pediatrics #Diagnosis
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Arthritis Differential Diagnosis ... axial (spine, shoulders ... , hips)? ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #MSK #rheumatology
Extra-articular and Other Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Eyes
  • Iritis or uveitis - Spondyloarthropathies, Sarcoidosis,
Associated with Joint ... syndrome - SLE Neurologic ... nodes (PIP joints ... #differential #diagnosis ... #rheumatology
Dix-Hallpike Maneuver for BPPV

Procedure:
1. Make the patient sit on examination table, such that the shoulders would
such that the shoulders ... /her eyes on a point ... Supports the patient ... #Instructions #Diagnosis ... #neurology
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
Rheumatology Workup ... (ANA) test; if positive ... ANAs RF test should ... - Positive in ... #testing #Rheumatology
Myasthenia Gravis - Summary
 • an autoimmune disease of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction associated with antibodies
50 years in men Diagnosis ... antibodies - MuSK-positive ... myasthenia usually • Starts ... within 3 years of diagnosis ... #management #neurology
CPPD vs Gout

== CPPD == 

Think About CPPD When:
 • Self-limited synovitis after surgery/trauma (> 65
(shoulders, wrists ... • Underlying disease ... Wrist, MCP, or shoulder ... • Weakly positively ... Gout #Comparison #rheumatology