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45 Cards in this Set
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Osteoarthritis |
aka: DJD - Wear and tear - Most common type of arthritis. - Progressive disorder of the synovial joints (weight bearing) |
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Septic Arthritis |
- Joint infection caused by bacteria or sometimes fungi. - Knee: most common - Children and Elders - Complete recovery |
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Gout |
- Sever attack of pain, redness and tenderness in the joint - Men or women post menopause. - Urate crystals accumulate around the joint. |
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Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) |
-Autoimmune Disease - More common in women (Bilateral) - Inflammation of the synovial membrane forming a pannus. |
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Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis |
Pauciarticular: -4 joints. Knees. Eye inflammation and lymph node swelling. Polyarticular: +5 joints Systemic (stills): Joints and organs. |
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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) |
-ages 15-44 (females) -Low androgen levels -Renal failure is the most common cause of death. |
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Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) |
-Inflammatory disease where your spine fuses together. -Hunch forward posture. -Lower back and hip pain and stiffness. -Loss of lung capacity |
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Reactive Arthritis (Formerly known as Reiter's Syndrome)
[Can't see. Can't Pee. Can't bend the Knee.] |
-Joint pain and swelling triggered by an infection elsewhere -Mostly Males -HLAB27 positive 90% -Chlamydia, most common cause |
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Psoriatic Arthritis |
-HLAB27 positive with immune cases. -Mutilans: Most severe -Mild + slowly progressive. -Some psoriasis patients develop it. |
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Enteropathic Arthritis |
- Chronic - IBD (chrones + ulcerative colitis) -Inflammatory peripheral joints and abdomon. - Entire spine involved. -HLAB27 + Genetic link |
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Cretinim (Neonatal Hypothyroidism) |
-Incomplete Development of the thyroid. -1 in 3000 births -Puffy face + thick protruding tongue -Slow mental and physical development |
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Achondroplasia |
-Bone growth disorder: dwarfism -Abnormal hand appearance with space between the long and ring finger. -Bowed legs
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Marfan Syndrom |
-Abnormality in the body's connective tissue (fibrillin) -Tall, slender with long extremities. -Chest deformities or scoliosis. |
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Hyperkyphosis (Hunchback) |
-Thoracic spine curve +40% -May cause ankylosing spondylitis or osteoporosis. -Physical therapy: Stretch Pecks, strengthen rhomboids |
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Hyperlordosis |
-Lumbar Spine -Postural compensation in obesity or pregnancy. -Lower back pain and inflammation of lower facets. |
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Scoliosis |
-Idiopathic in 80% -Classified as structural or postural (bend forward test) -High shoulder, rib or projection of scapula. |
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Cleft Palate |
failure of the palatine process of the maxillary bone to unite during embryonic development. Treated with orthodontics and surgery. |
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Spondylolysis |
-L5 affected in 90% of cases. -Occurs in 2-6% of the population. -Diagnosed at 15 -Leads to stress fractures or spondylolisthesis. |
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Patellofemoral Syndrome (chondromalacia patella) |
-Breakdown of the cartilage that lines the underside of the kneecap. -Movie theatre sign -Normal x-rays -Physical therapy |
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Dislocation and Subluxation |
-Displacement of 2 bones at the joint. -Usually MVA or Sport -Misshapen Joint -Swelling -Discolouration -Loss of function and pain. |
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Sprain |
- Joint trauma that stretches or tears the ligaments. - 3 Grades - PRISH - Treatment: RICE |
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Osteopenia |
- Mild thinning of bone mass. - Sigh of Osteoporosis - Bone density test T-Score 0 Normal, 1-2.5 Osteopenia, Less is Osteoporosis. |
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Osteogenesis Imperfecta [Brittle Bone Disease] |
- Disorder of connective tissue caused by mutilation in the gene for collagen. - Type I and II |
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Osteogenesis Imperfecta [Brittle Bone Disease] Type I |
- Most common - Blue scalar, hearing problems, teeth - Autosomal dominant |
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Osteogenesis Imperfecta [Brittle Bone Disease] Type II |
- Lethal - Die due to crushing of bones at birth. - Sclera are blue. - Autosomal recessive |
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Acute Osteomyelitis |
- Bacterial (open wound) - local or spread via blood stream. - Staphylococcus aureus characteristics allow it into bone. |
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Chronic Osteomyelitis |
- From and acute infection that lasts longer than 6-8 weeks. - Persists or reoccurs. - Minimal symptoms - E.coli, pseudomas and staph epidermis common.
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Tuberculous Osteomyelitis |
- Caused by spread of primary infection. - In the thoracic or lumbar spine - called Pott Disease. -Psoas abscess often associated with bone infection. |
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Paget's Disease [Osteitis Deformans] |
-Progressive bone disease -Excessive bone remodelling -Pelvis, spine, skull or leg bones. -Men more likely |
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Osteoporosis |
-Low bone mass and deterioration of bone tissue. -Increased bone fragility and risk of fracture. -Spine, hips and wrist -peek bone mass: 16 women and 20 males. Loss: Post-30 |
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Osteomalacia |
-Softening of adult bone due to Vit. D deficiency. -Fracture happens with very little injury. -Muscle weakness. |
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Rickets |
- Childhood disease - Lack of Vit. D - Bone pain and tenderness. -Pelvic/Spinal/Dental deformities + bowleged |
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Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease |
- Idiopathic osteonecrosis of the capital femoral epiphysis (growth plate) of the femoral head. - Insidious onset. Child does not complain. - 1-1200 children - Hip/Groin pain, referred to thigh. |
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Kienbock's disease |
- Avascular necrosis of the carpal lunate. - age 20-40 - Pain and disability - Treated surgically |
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Scheuermann's Disease |
- Osteochondrosis of thoracic vertebrae with associated vertebral wedging (compressed nerve.) - Ages 13-17 - Males more than females
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Osgood-Schlatter's disease |
- Common cause of knee pain. - Micro-fractures in area where the patellar tendon inserts into the tibial tubercle. - Bony bump on the tibial tuberosity. |
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Sever's Disease |
- AKA:Calcaneal Apophysitis - Inflammation in the growth plate of children. - Heel - Due to repetitive stress |
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Osteochondritis Dissecans
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- Bone/cartilage inflammation. - Loss of blood supply to an area of bone beneath the surface of a joint. *Knee* common |
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Benign Bone Tumours |
- Well-demarkated edges. - Sharpey's fibers attach periosteum to bone. Very painful. - Ex: Osteoma... |
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Osteochondroma [Exostosis] |
- Most common benign skeletal tumour (20%) - Can be sessile (flat) or pedunculate (mushroom shaped.) and attached to a bone by a bony stalk. |
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Osteoid Osteoma [Osteoma] |
- Small, painful lesion of bone composed go osseous tissue and surrounded by a halo of reactive bone formation. - Compact or spongy bone. - Found on the surface of long bone, flat bone or skull. |
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Malignant Bone Tumours |
- Rare before age 10 - Grow rapidly - Extend beyond bone - Ill-defined edges
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Osteosarcoma |
- Most common primary malignant bone tumour (20%) - Due to Paget's or radiation exposure. - Spreds to the lymph nodes or local soft tissues. - Deep local pain - Night time awakening |
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Chondrosarcoma |
- 2nd most common primary malignant bone tumour. - Cartilaginous in origin. - Knee, pelvis, shoulder, femer - After age 40 - Usually painless. |
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Ewing Sarcoma |
- A group of small, round cell, undifferentiated tumours thought to be of neural crest origin. - Early teen years - Metastasizes to the lungs. |