Fever with joint swelling and pain

Introduction Fever, also known as fever, increases the temperature of the regulatory body (over 0.5 °C) caused by the action of pyrogens causing the body temperature to shift upward. Joint swelling and pain refers to swelling, flushing, fever and limited movement around the joint. It is a clinical manifestation of various diseases, and is common in systemic immune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis. Fever with joint swelling and pain can be found in sepsis, scarlet fever, brucellosis, tuberculosis, rheumatic fever, connective tissue disease, gout and so on. Mostly caused by infection with bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites, etc.

Cause

Caused by infection with bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites, etc.

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According to the history, symptoms, signs and examination results, determine the cause and give medication.

Differential diagnosis

(1) fever with chills

Common in lobar pneumonia, sepsis, acute cholecystitis, acute pyelonephritis, epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis, leptospirosis, malaria, acute hemolytic disease.

(2) fever with eye congestion

Common in measles, epidemic hemorrhagic fever, typhus, etc., similar to rabbit eye performance.

(3) fever with bleeding

Common in severe infections and blood diseases. The former such as severe measles, epidemic hemorrhagic fever, dengue fever, viral hepatitis, typhus, sepsis, infective endocarditis, leptospirosis. The latter are acute leukemia, acute aplastic anemia, malignant histiocytosis.

(4) fever with lymphadenopathy, accompanied by tenderness

May be caused by a local infection. Such as systemic lymphadenopathy, suggesting that there may be lymph node tuberculosis, leukemia, lymphoma, metastatic cancer.

(5) fever accompanied by rash

Common in rash infections. Such as measles, scarlet fever, etc.

(6) fever with cough, expectoration, chest pain

Common in respiratory diseases.

(7 fever accompanied by abdominal pain, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting

Common in digestive disorders.

(8 fever with frequent urination, urgency, dysuria, back pain is common in urinary tract infections. As mentioned above, there are many causes of fever, both physiological and pathological, patients must not mistakenly believe that fever is caused by infection Abuse of antibiotics and antipyretics. Especially in the following situations, you should go to the hospital in time. According to the history, symptoms, signs and examination results, determine the cause and give medication.

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