Ready Reckoner
NATIONAL JOURNAL OF HOMOEOPATHY 1999 Mar / Apr VOL VIII NO 2.
Dr Pooja Agarwal
| Diagnostic Value Of Joint Pattern Involvement | ||
| Characteristics | Status | Representative Disease |
| Inflammation | Present Absent |
Rheumatoid Arthritis, SLE, Gout Osteoarthritis |
| Number of Involved Joints | Monoarticular | Gout, Trauma, Septic arthritis |
| Oligoarticular (2-4 joints) | Reiter's disease, Psoriatic arthritis, Inflammatory Bowel Disease | |
| Polyarticular (> 5 joints) | Rheumatoid Arthritis, SLE | |
| Site of joint involvement | Distal Interphalangeal | OA, Psoriatic Arthropathy, (Not RA) |
| Metacarpo-phalangeal, wrist | Rheumatoid Arthritis, SLE (Not OA) | |
| 1st metatarsophalangeal | Gout, OA. | |
