Rheumatoid Arthritis + Methotrexate Study Guide Questions And Actual Answers.
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Course
RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
Institution
RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
are men or women more commonly affected - Answer women
when is peak age of onset - Answer 4th-5th decade of life
what would you commonly see on inspection (dorsal) - Answer - swelling of PIP and DIP joints
- ulnar deviation at MCP joints
- thin skin
- wasting of intrinsic muscles...
Rheumatoid Arthritis + Methotrexate
Study Guide Questions And Actual
Answers.
are men or women more commonly affected - Answer women
when is peak age of onset - Answer 4th-5th decade of life
what would you commonly see on inspection (dorsal) - Answer - swelling of PIP and DIP joints
- ulnar deviation at MCP joints
- thin skin
- wasting of intrinsic muscles
what would you commonly see on inspection (lateral) - Answer - swan neck deformity
- boutonniere deformity
- volar subluxation at MCP and wrist joints
- rheumatoid nodules
what joints are commonly affected - Answer MCP
PIP
when is pain and stiffness normally worse - Answer morning
what extra articular manifestations might you see - Answer NODULES
- CNS
- elbows
- lungs
, - lymphadenopathy
- vasculitis
LUNGS
- pleural disease
- interstitial fibrosis
- organising pneumonia
- bronchiolitis
CARDIAC
- IHD
- pericarditis
- CTS
- pericardial effusion
- splenomegaly
- periphreal neuropathy
EYES
- episcleritis
- scleritis
- scleroderma
- osteoporosis
what initial investigations should you carry out - Answer FBC
ESR
CRP
Kidney and LFTs
Rheumatoid factor
radiography of hands and feet
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