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Common Forms of Arthritis in the Hands

Acute Rheumatoid Arthritis 
Tender, painful, stiff joints in rheumatoid arthritis,
in rheumatoid arthritis ... in acute disease ... chronic disease, ... Disease) Heberden's ... #Types #Rheumatology
Extra-articular and Other Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Eyes
  • Iritis or uveitis - Spondyloarthropathies, Sarcoidosis,
Associated with Joint ... • Rheumatic ... Heberden's nodes (DIP joints ... Bouchard's nodes (PIP joints ... differential #diagnosis #rheumatology
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
MCP and PIP Involvement, Spares DIP, Carpal Tunnel, Sicca Syndrome, Epi/Scleritis, Heart Disease, Rheumatoid
Rheumatoid Arthritis ... , Pulmonary Disease ... #Arthritis #RA ... #diagnosis #rheumatology ... #signs #symptoms
Rheumatoid Arthritis - 2020 ACR-EULAR Classification
≥ 6 of 10 points = definite RA
Joint Involvement:
Rheumatoid Arthritis ... points Duration of symptoms ... BrighamMedRes #Rheumatoid ... #Arthritis #diagnosis ... Classification #rheumatology
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
Overview: chronic, inflammatory symmetric polyarthritis involving small joints of hands/feet, knees, shoulders
Signs & Symptoms:
Rheumatoid Arthritis ... shoulders Signs & Symptoms ... deformities, rheumatoid ... #Arthritis #diagnosis ... #management #rheumatology
Skin Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Rash
	• Human parvovirus B19 infection

Malar rash
	• SLE
	• Human parvovirus B19 infection
	•
Associated with Joint ... infection • Lyme disease ... rheumaticum • Rheumatic ... #joint #pain #skin ... differential #diagnosis #rheumatology
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 ... disease must be ... in persons with rheumatoid ... #Pain #MSK #rheumatology
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Pathogenesis and Joint diseases features
 • RA affects 1% of population, women >
Rheumatoid arthritis ... diseases features ... Peptide (aCCP), Rheumatoid ... RheumatoidArthritis #RA #pathophysiology ... #signs #symptoms
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

1) Chronicity
2) Inflammatory vs Non-Inflammatory
3) Number of Joints Involved

1) Chronicity:
bacterial), acute rheumatic ... ), RA, crystal disease ... Lyme), reactive arthritis ... Inflammatory, crystalline disease ... #rheumatology #
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
constitutional symptoms ... - Autoimmune Rheumatologic ... Gonorrhea • Rheumatic ... streptococci (rheumatic ... Diagnosis #MSK #rheumatology