🩺 Symptom Guide
Acute Joint Pain / Swelling
Assess urgently for septic arthritis, crystal arthritis, trauma, hemarthrosis, cellulitis, bursitis, and other hot swollen joint emergencies.
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Red flags
- Hot swollen joint with fever or systemic symptoms
- inability to bear weight
- severe pain with markedly restricted joint movement
- rapidly progressive swelling
First actions / assessment
- ABCDE first if unwell
- record full vitals, pain severity, ability to weight-bear, and perfusion
- clarify onset, trauma, fever, rigors, preceding infection, skin breaks, prosthetic joint, recent procedure or injection, anticoagulants, crystal arthritis history, and inability to move the joint
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- Full differential diagnosis list
- History, examination, and investigations
- Linked protocols and drug doses
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