Rheumatology/Orthopedics & Sports

Question 1

Treatment:

Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS)

Answer 1

1. neutral position wrist splinting
2. NSAIDs
3. Local corticosteroid injection (when wrist splinting is insufficient)
4. Surgical decompression (when conservative management fails)

Question 2

What are the risk factors that increase the likelihood of osteoporosis?

Answer 2

1. Advanced age
2. Thin body habitus
3. Cigarette smoking
4. excessive alcohol consumption
5. Corticosteroid usage
6. Menopause
7. Malnutrition
8. FHx of menopause
9. Ethnicity (Asian or Caucasian)

Question 3

Why might a lupus patient present with recurrent pregnancy loss?

Answer 3

SLE patients may have lupus anticoagulant antibodies (aka antiphospholipid antibodies)

Question 4

Pathophysiology:

recurrent pregnancy loss due to lupus anticoagulant

Answer 4

presence of lupus anticoagulant antibodies –> development of thrombus in the placenta