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Symptoms and Signs – Differential Diaignosis of Polyarthralgia
Infection: disseminated septic arthritis (e.g. staphylococcal, gonococcal}, viral
(e.g. enteroviruses, EBV, HIV, Hepatitis B, mumps, rubella}, rheumatic fever,
Lyme disease, TB
Gout/pseudogout
Rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis (generalized)
Seronegative arthritis: (Reactive/Reiter's, Enteropathic (Whipple's, IBD),
Ankylosing spondylitis, Psoriatic arthritis)
Systemic diseases: SLE, sarcoid, Sjogren's, Beh~et's, primary vasculitides,
polymyalgia rheumatica
Polyuria 81
Other: haemochromatosis, sickle cell, malignancy (hypertrophic pulmonary
osteoa rth ro pathy)



Migratory polyarthralgia
Gonococcal arthritis
Rheumatic fever


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