MSK Flashcards
What is rheumatology
Medical management of musculoskeletal disease, mainly inflammatory
What are the three classes of inflammatory MSK
Autoimmune, crystal arthitis and infection
What are the two classes of non inlammatory MSK
Degenerative and non degenerative
Examples of autoimmune inflammatory MSK disorders
Rheumatoid arthitis, spondyloarthropathy (HLA B27) and connective tissue disease
Example of degenerative non inflammatory MSK disorders
Osteoarthritis
Example of non degenerative non inflammatory MSK disorders
Fibromyalgia
What is vasculitis
systemic inflammation of the blood vessels
What is the tell tale sign of bone pain
Pain at rest and at night
What are the causes of bone pain
Tumour, infection and fracture
What is the tell tale sign of inflammatory joint pain
Pain and stiffness in joints in the morning, at rest and wirth use
What are the causes of inflammatory joint pain
Inflammation or infection
What are the tell tale signs of osteoarthritis
Pain on use, at end of the day
What are the tell tale signsof neuralgic pain
Pain and paraesthesia in a dermatomal distribution, made worse by specific action
What is paraesthesia
Abnormal sensation, typically a tingling or prickling feeling
What causes neuralgic pain
Root or peripheral nerve compression
What is the tell tall sign of referred pain
Pain unaffected by local movement
Distal interphalyngeal arthritis cause
Osetoarthritis or psoriatic arthritis
Base of the thumb arthritis cause
Osteoarthritis
Proximal interphalangeal arthritis cause
Rheumatoid arthritis
Which arthrites does not affect the spine or hips
Rheumatoid
Which arthritis affects the shoulder
Rheumatoid
What are unique features of psoariatic arthritis
Enthesitis and dactylitis
Describe the chronicity of gout
Comes on quickly and is episodic but can become chronic over time
Describe the chronicity of reactive arthritis
Acute event, will peak and then slowly decline