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Clinical history and physical examination is a fundamental diagnostic tool in polyarthritis. Laboratory findings of inflammation include anemia, elevated ESR, CRP, and thrombocytosis. Normal or low... Differential Diagnosis ... Workup and Diagnosis ... Treatment
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Arthritis in a single joint, or monoarthritis, is a difficult diagnostic challenge, because any disorder affecting joints may initially present as monoarthritis. After establishing that the arthritis is truly... Differential Diagnosis ... Workup and Diagnosis ... Treatment
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... Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
Ankylosing spondylitis
Rheumatoid arthritis (rare)
Systemic diseases
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... Rheumatoid arthritis*
Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis*
Rheumatic fever*
Ankylosing spondylitis*
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... Affecting children younger than age 16, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) is an inflammatory disorder of the connective tissues, characterized by joint swelling and pain or tenderness. It may also involve organs such as the... Causes and incidence ... Signs and symptoms ... Diagnosis ... Treatment
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... Osteoarthritis, the most common form of arthritis, is a chronic disease that causes deterioration of the joint cartilage and formation of reactive new bone at the margins and subchondral areas of the joints. This degeneration... Causes and incidence ... Signs and symptoms ... Diagnosis ... Treatment ... Special considerations ... Pictures
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... Psoriatic arthritis is a rheumatoid-like joint disease associated with psoriasis of nearby skin and nails. Although the arthritis component of this syndrome may be clinically... Causes ... Signs and symptoms ... Diagnosis ... Treatment ... Special considerations
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... A chronic, systemic, inflammatory disease, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) primarily attacks peripheral joints and surrounding muscles, tendons, ligaments, and blood vessels. Spontaneous remissions and unpredictable... Causes and incidence ... Signs and symptoms ... Diagnosis ... Treatment ... Special considerations ... Pictures
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... Septic, or infectious, arthritis is a medical emergency that occurs when bacterial invasion of a joint causes inflammation of the synovial lining, effusion and pyogenesis, and... Causes and incidence ... Signs and symptoms ... Diagnosis ... Treatment ... Special considerations ... Pictures
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... Differential Overview
❑ Injury
❑ Gout
❑ Osteoarthritis
❑ Lyme disease ... Diagnostic Approach ... Clinical Findings
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... Differential Overview
❑Lyme disease
❑Erythema nodosum
❑Rheumatoid arthritis
❑Systemic lupus erythematosus ... Clinical Findings
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... Differential Overview
❑ Osteoarthritis
❑ Rheumatoid arthritis
❑ Lyme arthritis
❑ ... Diagnostic Approach ... Clinical Findings ... Pictures
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... Affecting children younger than age 16, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA), also known as juvenile chronic arthritis, is an immune-mediated inflammatory disorder of the connective tissues... Causes ... Signs and symptoms ... Diagnosis ... Treatment ... Special considerations
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... Osteoarthritis, also known as hypertrophic osteoarthritis, osteoarthrosis, and degenerative joint disease, is the most common form of arthritis. A chronic disease, it... Causes ... Signs and symptoms ... Diagnosis ... Treatment ... Special considerations ... Pictures
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... Psoriatic arthritis is a rheumatoid-like joint disease associated with psoriasis of the skin and nails. Although the arthritis component of this syndrome may be clinically... Causes ... Signs and symptoms ... Diagnosis ... Treatment ... Special considerations
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... A chronic, systemic inflammatory disease, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) primarily attacks peripheral joints and surrounding muscles, tendons, ligaments, and blood vessels.... Causes ... Signs and symptoms ... Diagnosis ... Treatment ... Special considerations ... Pictures
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... A medical emergency, septic (infectious) arthritis is caused by bacterial invasion of a joint, resulting in inflammation of the synovial lining. If the organisms enter the joint cavity, effusion and pyogenesis follow,... Causes ... Signs and symptoms ... Treatment ... Special considerations
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