Week 9 Study guide
You are assessing a patient with joint pain and are trying to decide whether it is
inflammatory or noninflammatory in nature. Which one of the following
symptoms is consistent with an inflammatory p
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Week 9 Study guide
You are assessing a patient with joint pain and are trying to decide whether it is
inflammatory or noninflammatory in nature. Which one of the following
symptoms is consistent with an inflammatory process?
Tenderness
A mother brings her 11 month old to you because her motherinlaw and others
have told her that her baby is jaundiced. She is eating and growing well and
performing the developmental milestones she should for her age. On examination
you indeed notice a yellow tone to her skin from head to toe. Her sclerae are
white. To which area should your next questions be related?
Diet
Heberden’s nodes are commonly found in which one of the following diseases?
Rheumatoid arthritis
Degenerative joint disease (correct answer)
Psoriatic arthritis
Septic arthritis
A 28yearold graduate student comes to your clinic for evaluation of pain “all
over.” With further questioning, she is able to relate that the pain is worse in the
neck, shoulders, hands, low back, and knees. She denies swelling in her joints;
she states that the pain is worse in the morning; there is no limitation in her
range of motion. On physical examination, she has several points on the muscles
of the neck, shoulders, and back that are tender to palpation; muscle strength
and range of motion are normal. Which of the following is likely the cause of her
pain?
Fibromyalgia
Phalen’s Test
Identifies carpal tunnel compression of the median nerve
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shared via CourseHero.comA patient is complaining of severe pruritus that is worse at night. Several family
members have the same symptoms. Upon examination, areas of excoriated
papules are noted on some of the interdigital webs of both hands and the axillae.
This is most consistent with :
Scabies.
A 58yearold man comes to your office complaining of bilateral back pain that
now awakens him at night. This has been steadily increasing for the past 2
months. Which one of the following is the most reassuring in this patient with
back pain?
Pain that is bilateral
A 32yearold warehouse worker presents for evaluation of low back pain. He
notes a sudden onset of pain after lifting a set of boxes that were heavier than
usual. He also states that he has numbness and tingling in the left leg. He wants
to know if he needs to be off of work. What test should you perform to assess for
a herniated disc?
Straightleg raise
Jacob, a 33yearold construction worker, complains of a “lump on his back” over
his scapula. It has been there for about a year and is getting larger. He says his
wife has been able to squeeze out a cheesytextured substance on occasion. He
worries this may be cancer. When gently pinched from the side, a prominent
dimple forms in the middle of the mass. What is most likely?
A sebaceous cyst
A 50yearold woman presents with “left hip pain” of several weeks duration.
There is marked tenderness when you press over her proximal lateral thigh. What
do you think she has?
Trochanteric bursitis
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