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13 Dangerous Causes of Headache:
 - subarachnoid hemorrhage: family history, PCKD, known berry aneurysm, sudden and
Dangerous Causes of Headache ... head in dependent position ... or at work) - acute ... temporal (giant cell) arteritis ... preeclampsia: late pregnancy
Headache Syndromes 
Sudden onset of pain - "Thunder clap" with any decreased mentation, any positive focal
mentation, any positive ... movement • TMJ disease ... pressure or dental infection ... tearing • Temporal arteritis ... or acute angle
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
(bacterial), acute ... ), RA, crystal disease ... for cell count, culture ... Inflammatory, crystalline disease ... Joint #Pain #MSK #rheumatology
CPPD vs Gout

== CPPD == 

Think About CPPD When:
 • Self-limited synovitis after surgery/trauma (> 65
• Underlying disease ... • Weakly positively ... • Gram stain, culture ... Gram stain and culture ... Gout #Comparison #rheumatology
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
presents with acute ... cough, chills, headache ... pulmonary symptoms • Rheumatologic ... Meningitis, septic arthritis ... have positive blood
Emergent Causes of Headache and Associated Risk Factors
Carbon monoxide poisoning
 - Breathing in enclosed or confined
of sinus or ear infection ... immunization Temporal arteritis ... collagen vascular diseases ... Female gender - Pregnancy ... polycystic kidney disease
Pseudogout Summary - Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease (CPPD)

Pathophysiology:
Pyrophosphate produced by chondrocytes likely precipitates with calcium to
shaped • Weakly positively ... • Gram stain, culture ... diagnose concomitant infection ... pain, fever, and headache ... #Rheumatology #
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
Rheumatology Workup ... Gram stain and culture ... (ANA) test; if positive ... - Positive in ... Screening Tests for Acute
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
Classification: • Acute ... Non-autoimmune rheumatologic ... fibromyalgia) • Infections ... Pleural effusions • Acute ... PNS and CNS • Headache
Diagnostic Criteria for Sweet Syndrome (Acute Febrile Neutrophilic Dermatosis)
Major criteria 
 1. Abrupt onset of tender
Sweet Syndrome (Acute ... inflammatory disease ... , or pregnancy or ... gastrointestinal tract infection ... rate >20 mm/h; positive