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Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
disease must be ... e.g., meniscal tears ... #Pain #MSK #rheumatology ... #differential #diagnosis ... #arthritis
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
bouts of HTN Diagnostic ... Diagnosis: • ... Treatment: • ... #diagnosis #management ... #neurology #differential
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
Rheumatology Workup ... level to exclude myositis ... (to support a diagnosis ... laboratory #workup #diagnosis ... #testing #Rheumatology
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
deposition in joints ... attacks • Other joints ... frequent attacks • Arthritis ... 2 attacks in a year ... #rheumatology
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
neuropathy, transverse myelitis ... phenomenon (16%) MSK ... Arthralgia and Arthritis ... Adenocarcinoma Treatment ... Symptomatic: artificial tears