OA vs RA Flashcards
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OA definition
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- Degenerative joint disease that affects the cartilage, underlying bone, and synovial fluid
- Affects both genders equally
- 65 years or older
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OA Cause
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- Wear and tear on joints caused by weakness, obesity, joint laxity, immobilization, trauma, infection, hemarthrosis, or osteonecrosis)
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OA Clinical Presentation
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- Gradual onset of pain and stiffness that has progressively worsened over time
- Pain is a deep ache
- Joint tenderness
- Worse with activity and better with rest (if pain at rest, then OA is severe)
- Stiffness (that improves with movement)
- “gel phenomenon” — less you move, less gel in joint, so harder to move joints
- Morning stiffness and inactivity stiffness (lasts <30 minutes)
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OA Physical Exam
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- Crepitus (audible cracking or grating)
- Bony enlargement (osteophyte formation)
- Mal-alignment
- Genu dalgum (knocked knees - which creates lat compartment pressure)
- Genu varum (bowed legs - creates medial compartment pressure)
- Joint deformity in hands
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OA Nodes
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- Bouchards Nodes = overgrowth of bone and swelling at PIP
- Herberdens Nodes = overgrowth of bone and swelling at DIP
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RA Definition
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- Chronic, autoimmune, systemic, inflammatory disease
- RA attacks joints throughout body (polyarthritis) but also GI, cardiovascular, and/or pulmonary
- RA causes hypermobility (while OA causes hypomobility)
- Female dominated, peak onset of 20-50 years of age
- Progressive but there are relapses and remissions with RA (OA does not have this)
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RA Common Joints Affected
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- Bilateral and symmetrical (OA is unilateral)
- TMJ
- Upper cervical spine
- Hands, wrists, and fingers
- Knees
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RA Joint Pain and Stiffness
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- Stiffness lasts >30 minutes
- Joint symptoms = edematous, erythema, warmth, painful, and red
- RA in hands = ulnar drift, swan neck deformity, and/or boutonnières deformity
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RA Extraarticular Complications
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- Cardiac
- MSK
- Neuro
- Integumentary
- Ocular
- Renal (kidney)
- Pulmonary
- Unexplained weight loss
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