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Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
the time course (acute ... axial (spine, shoulders ... MONOARTHRITIS • Acute ... Monoarthritis (>6 weeks) Can ... #Diagnosis #MSK
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis ... aspiration and acute ... respiratory failure - Can ... #diagnosis #management ... #neurology
Myasthenia Gravis - Summary
 • an autoimmune disease of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction associated with antibodies
Myasthenia Gravis ... glucocorticoids - can ... #Myasthenia #Gravis ... #diagnosis #management ... #neurology #treatment
Pseudogout Summary - Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease (CPPD)

Pathophysiology:
Pyrophosphate produced by chondrocytes likely precipitates with calcium to
then deposit and can ... acute arthritic ... weird joints (shoulders ... neck pain, fever ... Rheumatology #diagnosis #management
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) Diagnosis and Management Summary

WHAT?
 • Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a common systemic inflammatory
Diagnosis and Management ... acute onset of ... proximal muscle pain ... for giant cell arteritis ... normal and can
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
antibodies, which are ... ANAs RF test should ... CRP level: (1) Can ... Screening Tests for Acute ... , and low back pain
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
Sensitivity to pain ... Oligoclonal bands are ... symptoms) • Acute ... sclerosis #diagnosis #management ... #neurology #treatment
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
muscle aches, joint pain ... , chest pain • ... disseminated) can ... Meningitis, septic arthritis ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management