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Common Forms of Arthritis in the Hands

Acute Rheumatoid Arthritis 
Tender, painful, stiff joints in rheumatoid arthritis,
in the Hands ... affect the middle-aged ... #Arthritis #Hands ... #Types #Rheumatology ... #Forms #Diagnosis
Pediatric Primitive Reflexes - Maneuver and Ages

Palmar Grasp Reflex
 - Place your fingers into the baby's
into the baby's hands ... Stroke the perioral skin ... and extend, hands ... Pediatrics #Peds #Diagnosis ... #Neurology #PhysicalExam
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
to 40 years of age ... response to local skin ... test (this is a skin ... inhibitors • Uveitis- Ophthalmology ... signs #symptoms #rheumatology
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
women and age/2 ... variably: On one hand ... required due to skip ... them, but urgent rheumatology ... required +/- prompt ophthalmology
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Takayasu: • Age ... loss, arthralgia, arm ... bruits, asymmetric arm ... temporal artery • Age ... #Rheumatology
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Takayasu: - Age ... temporal artery - Age ... Differential Diagnosis ... #rheumatology #
ANTI-MDA5 DERMATOMYOSITIS

Cutaneous manifestations:
• Periorbital heliotrope (blue-purple) rash with edema
• Erythematous rash on the face, or the
fingertips ("mechanic’s hands ... • Arthralgia/arthritis ... • Mechanic's hands ... Dermatomyositis #rheumatology ... #dermatology #diagnosis
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Myopathies: Commonly symmetric proximal muscle weakness, no substantial muscle pain
) • Anti-Mi2 (skin ... MYOSITIS: • M > F • Age ... kinase levels are ... • Nonerosive arthritis ... • Mechanic's hands