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Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Differential Diagnosis ... constitutional symptoms ... Noninflammatory • Trauma ... Joint #pain #Differential ... #Diagnosis #MSK
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
or nerve root Symptoms ... : • Acute or chronic ... Previous joint trauma ... approach #workup #differential ... #diagnosis #arthritis
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
to Joint Pain - Diagnostic ... neuropathy so trauma ... Like in this case ... approach #workup #differential ... #diagnosis #arthritis
13 Dangerous Causes of Headache:
 - subarachnoid hemorrhage: family history, PCKD, known berry aneurysm, sudden and
or at work) - acute ... temporal (giant cell) arteritis ... shoulder girdle symptoms ... postpartum #Diagnosis ... Dangerous #Deadly #Differential
Signs and Symptoms Associated With Different Headache Etiologies
 • Nonfocal mental status changes - Meningitis, encephalitis,
Signs and Symptoms ... arteries - Temporal arteritis ... headache #signs #symptoms ... #clues #differential ... #diagnosis
Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
Redness in the eye can be caused by many conditions and
Red Eye - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... cellulitis • Globe trauma ... Unilateral or bilateral symptoms ... • Trauma?
Emergent Causes of Headache and Associated Risk Factors
Carbon monoxide poisoning
 - Breathing in enclosed or confined
with the same symptoms ... immunization Temporal arteritis ... with or without trauma ... #differential # ... emergency #diagnosis
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) Diagnosis and Management Summary

WHAT?
 • Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a common systemic inflammatory
presents with an acute ... • Associated symptoms ... for giant cell arteritis ... normal and can help differentiate ... 2 years until symptoms
PFAPA Syndrome - Periodic Fever, Aphthous Stomatitis, Pharyngitis, and Adenitis

EPIDEMIOLOGY:
PFAPA is the most common syndrome entailing
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS ... often paired with arthritis ... The diagnosis of ... during attacks; arthritis ... #Fever #Diagnosis