Classification of arthritis Flashcards
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Arthritis
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Inflammation of the joint
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Arthralgia
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Pain in the joint
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Arthropy
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Disease in the joint
4
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Subdivide arthritis
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Can be subdivided into inflammatory and non inflammatory.
Inflammatory arthritis can be further subdivided into seropositive, seronegative, crystal induced and infectious causes.
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Examples of seropositive (positive result in testing blood serum) arthritis
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Rheumatoid arthritis Lupus Scleroderma Vasculitis Sjogrens
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Examples of seronegative (negative result when testing blood serum) arthritis
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Ankylysing spondyitis
Psoriasic arthritis
Reactive arthritis
IBD arthritis