A brief introduction to inflammatory arthritis

1. Inflammatory arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis
Spondyloarthritis
Crystal arthritis

2. Rheumatoid arthritis
Spondyloarthritis
• Ankylosing spondylitis
• Psoratic arthritis
• Reactive arthritis
• Enteropathic arthritis
Crystal arthritis
• Gout
• pseudogout

3. •Symmetrical
•Proximal small hand
•Medium and large
joint synovitis
•Erosive
•RF and anti-CCP
often detected
Rheumatoid
arthritis

4. •Inflammatory back
pain
•Sacroiliitis
•Eripheral arthritis
•Dactylitis
•Enthesitis
•HLA-B27 often
detected
Spondyloarthritis

5. • Remitting inflammation
• Abrupt onset of hot,
swollen, tender joint
• Usually settles with
NSAIDs or colchicineCrystal
arthritis

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