INFLAMMATORY JOINT PAIN Inflammatory Joint Pain Monoarticular Gout (Podagra, Tophi) Pseudogout Early Rheumatic Disease Reactive (e.g., Genitourinary Infection) Oligoarticular (1–4 joints) Gout Psoriatic (Nail Changes, Plaques) Enteropathic (e.g., Inflammatory Bowel Disease) Reactive Rheumatic Fever (recent Pharyngitis, Carditis) Lyme Disease (Tick bite, Migratory red Macules) Polyarticular (>4 joints) Distribution Peripheral Only Subacute & Symmetrical Rheumatoid Arthritis Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Sjögren’s (a.k.a. Sicca Syndrome) Scleroderma Henoch-Schonlein Purpura Polymyalgia Rheumatica Wegener’s Granulomatosis Insidious Monoarticular Symmetric (Polymyositis/Dermatomyositis) Asymmetric (Psoriatic Arthritis) Migratory Rheumatic Fever Peripheral & Axial Acute Onset Reactive Insidious Onset Ankylosing Spondylitis Enteropathic (e.g., Inflammatory Bowel Disease) Psoriatic Arthritis

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