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Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
present both at rest ... improves quickly with rest ... e.g., congenital hip ... #Pain #MSK #rheumatology ... #differential #diagnosis
Disseminated Gonococcal Infection - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Bacteremic spread of the Gram-negative diplococci Neisseria gonorrhoeae. History
the preferred test ... an accessible joint ... the workup • Test ... all patients for HIV ... knees, wrists, ankles
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Differential Diagnosis ... spine, shoulders, hips ... Autoimmune → Inflammation ... • Syphilis - Autoimmune ... #Diagnosis #MSK
Distinguishing between Inflammatory and Degenerative joint disease
Inflammatory Joint Disease
 • Swelling stimulates joint nociceptors -> Pain
nociceptors -> Pain with rest ... in Rheumatoid arthritis ... affects the knee hip ... Comparison #Versus #MSK ... JointDisease #JointPain #Diagnosis
IgA Vasculitis – Henoch Scholein Purpura: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

 - Infectious Agents - 50% have
by neutrophilic autoimmune ... insufficiency - Joints ... Arthralgia's (common), arthritis ... especially knees and ankles ... Pathophysiology #Diagnosis
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Myopathies: Commonly symmetric proximal muscle weakness, no substantial muscle pain
- Differential Diagnosis ... Tests: • Measure ... Syndrome: Fever, joint ... weakness + atrophy- Hip ... • Nonerosive arthritis