A patient with arthritic symptoms: typical symptoms and signs
Table of contents
- Essentials
- Osteoarthritis
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Spondylarthritis
- Axial spondyloarthritis and classic ankylosing spondylitis
- Psoriatic arthritis
- Reactive arthritis
- Gout
- Polymyalgia rheumatica
- Sarcoidosis
- Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
- Calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease (CPPD)
- Joint infection (septic arthritis)
- Viral arthritis
- Lyme borreliosis
- Rheumatic fever
- Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy
- HIV infection
- Injury
- References
Extract
- Careful history taking, precise description of how the symptoms began, and clinical examination are key to examining the cause of joint inflammation.
- The patient’s age and the number and location of affected joints may suggest the correct diagnosis.
- This article describes diseases causing arthritis and associated signs and symptoms.
- See also articles Clinical diagnosis of joint inflammation in adults Clinical diagnosis of joint inflammation in the adult1 and Clinical examination of patients with joint inflammation in primary health care Clinical examination of patients with joint inflammation in primary health care2.
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