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| What is the epidemiology of ankylosing spondylitis? |
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age: teens-20s
strong familial occurence |
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| What is the pathology of ankylosing spondylitis? |
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Definition
| inflammatory changes at SI joint and enthesis; cytokine production, ossification w/new bone formation (lacks inhibition) |
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| Describe the pain with ankylosing spondylitis. |
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Definition
low back pain: aching, worse in am (>1hr) & after activity
episode or alternating sides
symptoms ascend from L>C
radicular symptoms |
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| In what condition do you see loss of spinal expansion or loss of cervical motion? |
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Definition
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| What condition causing an aching pain that is worse in the AM, or after activity? |
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| What is the clinical presentation of Ankylosing Spondylitis? |
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Definition
| low back pain: aching, worse in am/after activity, ascending symptoms (L>C), CP, periph arthritis (shoulders, hips, LE jts), loss of spinal expansion, loss of cervical motion, sacroilitis>fusion, erosion, uveitis, heart block, pulm fibrosis, cauda equina syndrome |
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Reiter's syndrome
arthritis and inflamm lesions in eye, skin & GU tract after infection of urethra or bowel
arthritis, urethritis, conjuctivitis
males > females
episodes last weeks-months and may recur |
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Definition
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| arthritis, uretheritis, conjuctivitis |
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Definition
| reiter's (reactive arthritis) |
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| describe the arthritis seen in Reiter's |
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Definition
| asymteric, LE's: ankles, knees, feet |
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Term
| keratoderma blennorhagicum |
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Definition
psoriasis on soles of feet
seen in Reiter's |
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Term
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Definition
hyperkeratotic lesion of glans of circumsized men shallow ulcers
seen in Reiter's |
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Term
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Definition
| arthritis and spondylitis occuring in ulcerative colitis and chron's |
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