Which diseases commonly present with chronic (persisting >6 weeks) polyarticular symptoms?
Pearl : Despite a long list of diseases causing polyarthritis, over 75% with inflammatory arthritis will have RA (30%), crystalline arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, reactive arthritis, or sarcoidosis. The vast majority with noninflammatory polyarthritis will have Osteoarthritis.
Diseases With Chronic Polyarticular Arthritis Symptoms
- Inflammatory
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Polyarticular gout
- Juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- Systemic sclerosis
- Chronic (CPPD)
- Psoriatic arthritis
- Polymyalgia rheumatica
- Vasculitis
- Reactive arthritis
- Enteropathic arthritis
- Sarcoid arthritis
- Noninflammatory
- Osteoarthritis
- Chronic CPPD
- Fibromyalgia
- Hemochromatosis
- Benign hypermobility syndrome
