Rheumatology: JIA, Spondylarthropathies, Lyme Flashcards
Approach to child with joint pain – Key Points (7)
- Distinguish b/w arthralgia and arthritis
- Localized to progressive
- History of trauma
- Presence or absence of systemic symptoms
- History of stiffness & time day
- History of sexual activity
- Pain with movement, restriction of movement
Arthralgia vs. Arthritis
Arthralgia– refers to pain in the joints
*Will not be warm or have an effusion
Arthritis – involves clinical signs of inflammation such as palpable joint swelling, warmth and/or erythema and decreased mobility
*Warm with effusion
Painful Joints: General (6)
- Migratory Arthritis: inflammation that resolves in one joint as it appears in the next
- Classically seen in RF and GC arthritis
- Joint pain from JRA tends not to migrate as much as have an additive pattern
- Ensure you are not missing trauma or cancer
* Need history of stiffness and time day, history of sexual activity, and whether there is pain with movement or restricted movements - Morning pain → arthritis
* Gets better as day goes on but worsens if prolonged sitting or lying down - Overuse injuries and ischemia → hurts at end of day
Common Causes of MS Pain in Children: Non-Inflammatory Trauma (6) vs. Structural (4)
Trauma:
i. Contusion
ii. Sprains, strains
iii. Fractures
iv. Subluxations
v. Overuse syndrome
vi. Abuse
Structural
i. SCFE
ii. Avascular Necrosis
iii. Patellofemoral disorders
iv. Joint hyper mobility
Common Causes of MS Pain in Children: Inflammatory (7)
- Osteomyelitis
- Septic arthritis
- Post infectious reactive arthritis
- Viral Arthritis (toxic synovitis)
- Cellulitis
- Diskitis
- Lyme disease
Common Causes of MS Pain in Children: Rheumatologic (7)
- JRA
- Sondyl arthropathies
3 Systemic vasculitis:
- SLE
- Kawasaki
- Henoch-schonelein purpura
- Serum sickness
Common Causes of MS Pain in Children: Systemic diseases (3)
- Hematologic/oncologic disorders (leukemia, sickle cell, local tumor)
- Metabolic disorders
- Inflammatory bowel disease
JIA Diagnostic criteria (5)
- Arthritis lasting six weeks or more in a child younger than 16 years
American College of Rheumatology criteria for JRA:
- Age < 16 years old
- Arthritis in at least one joint for six consecutive weeks.
- Exclusion of other causes of arthritis
- Arthritis requires the presence of swelling or effusion or two of the following: warmth, pain on motion, and limited ROM.
JIA Common Findings (5)
- Swollen/stiff/painful/erythematous joints
- Morning stiffness
- Limp
- Decreased activity level secondary to pain
- Pain alone is not enough!
JIA Complications (4)
- Joint damage
- Bony deformities
- Joint laxity
- Iritis
* Can lead to blindness
* From prolonged uveitis – can be silent until it shows up and then damage has already been caused
* If ANA positive, child must see optho every 3 months to avoid iritis
JIA Subgroups (3)
- Systemic onset JIA
* Bimodal fevers – very bad → gets better → bad again - Pauciarticular JIA
- Polyarticular JIA
JIA Systemic Onset (15)
- Affects 10-20%
- Slight male dominance
- High spiking fevers
- Arthritis within 6 months after onset of fever.
- Arthralgia and arthritis worsen with temperature elevation.
- Salmon pink macular lesions
- Lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly
- Chronic iritis does not occur with these patients.
- Pleuritis and pericarditis in 50% of cases
- Increased WBC
- Increased platelets
- Decreased hemoglobin/hematocrit
- Increased ESR and CRP
* Lupus patients will always have a high ESR - ANA usually negative
* If ANA positive → increased risk of uveitis - Rh Factor usually negative
Outcomes of systemic JIA (2)
- ½ of children with SoJIA recover completely
2. ½ go on to have chronic disease
Pharm Treatments for JIA (6)
NSAIDS
- Indicin
- Naprosen
- Prednisone
Immunosuppression
- Anakinra
- Rilonacept
- Cyclosporine
Pauciarticular JIA/Oligoarticular JIA (2)
- Largest group of JIA (50%)
2. Affects 4 or fewer joints