Arthritis and Gout Flashcards
Oligo-articular involves how many joints?
2-4
Poly-articular involves how many joints?
> 5
red, swelling, heat, pain are indicative of
joint inflammation
(inflammatory/non-inflammatory) joint pain is WORSE in the morning, but IMPROVES with activity
Inflammatory (septic, RA, gout, SLE)
(inflammatory/non-inflammatory) joint pain is okay in the morning, but WORSENS with activity
Non-inflammatory (osteoarthritis, trauma)
ACUTE monoarthritis can be indicative of
Septic arthritis
Gout
Arthrocentesis is aka
joint aspiration
(lightly cloudy/tea/white) colored synovial fluid is indicative of osteoarthritis
lightly cloudy
(cloudy/tea/white) colored synovial fluid is indicative of inflammatory arthritis
Tea
(cloudy/tea/white) colored synovial fluid is indicative of septic arthritis
White
Gout as a monoarthritis most often involves 1st
MTP joint
Joint pain due to loss of normal articular cartilage with age, trauma, and obesity; pain worsens with activity; associated with popliteal cysts, DIP/PIP joints and 1st CMC joint
Osteoarthritis
X-ray characteristics of Osteoarthritis
- Osteophytes (bony lumps on vertebrae)
2. Joint space narrowing (wearing of joint cartilage)
The crystal involved with Gout is
Monosodium Urate Crystals (needle shaped and strongly negatively birefringent)
Acute monoarthritis due to deposition of monosodium urate crystals in the joints; more common in men; Hyperuricemia is ESSENTIAL for the development
Gout
Obesity, diabetes, alcohol and some medications (aspirin, diuretics, etc.) are the risk factors for
Gout
Hyperuricemia causing Gout is majorly due to (overproduction/under-excretion) of uric acid
underexcretion
Hyperuricemia is defined as a serum urate level…
> 7 mg/dL
Acute monoarthritis in Gout usually involves which joint?
1st MTP
Nodular masses of uric acid crystals deposited in different soft tissue areas of the body; most commonly at the fingers, at the tips of the elbows, and around the big toe
Tophus gout (chronic)
Synovial fluid analysis is the ONLY definitive diagnosis for Gout as it will be inflammatory (>5k WBCs) (True or False)
True
What characteristics of synovial fluid will indicate Gout
WBC >5k
+ Urate crystals (under polarized light)