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Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
MCP and PIP Involvement, Spares DIP, Carpal Tunnel, Sicca Syndrome, Epi/Scleritis, Heart Disease, Rheumatoid
Rheumatoid Arthritis ... Involvement, Spares DIP, Carpal ... Scleritis, Heart Disease ... RA #diagnosis #rheumatology ... #signs #symptoms
Common Forms of Arthritis in the Hands

Acute Rheumatoid Arthritis 
Tender, painful, stiff joints in rheumatoid arthritis,
wrist joints are ... In chronic disease ... deviate toward the ulnar ... #Arthritis #Hands ... #Types #Rheumatology
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
Autoimmune diseases ... duration of symptoms ... angioedema Other symptoms ... - Ice cube test ... Urticaria #diagnosis #rheumatology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
meningitis), MCC CNS symptoms ... Positive pathergy test ... is a skin prick test ... management #signs #symptoms ... #rheumatology #
Antinuclear Antibodies (ANA)
ANA or Anti-NucIear Antibody refers to antibodies against antigens in the nucleus → like
Positive ANA ≠ Autoimmune ... context of other symptoms ... Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis ... Thyroid, Autoimmune ... ANA #patterns #rheumatology
Eichhoff's Test in de Quervain's Tenosynovitis

1) Patient makes a fist with fingers wrapped around the thumb
2)
ulnar deviates ... the wrist. ... reproduction of patient's symptoms ... #orthopedics #rheumatology ... #wrist
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Pathogenesis and Joint diseases features
 • RA affects 1% of population, women >
Rheumatoid arthritis ... Joint diseases ... boggy" joints, esp carpal ... Boutonniere's ulnar ... pathophysiology #signs #symptoms
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
or nerve root Symptoms ... of Joint Disease ... categories of joint disease ... Paget disease) ... Joint #Pain #MSK #rheumatology
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Autoimmune → Inflammation ... constitutional symptoms ... • Syphilis - Autoimmune ... Rheumatologic Disease ... Diagnosis #MSK #rheumatology
Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma)
Multi-system autoimmune disease characterized by vasculopathy and progressive fibrosis of skin and internal organs
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Multi-system autoimmune ... disease characterized ... distal to elbows/wrists ... Symptoms: • Cardiac ... Scleroderma #SSc #rheumatology