Medsurg Exam 3 Rheumatid disorders

Automimmune

Rheumatic disorders are _____________ disorders

Rheumatoid disease

Immune system malfunction where body fights its ownself
**occurs typically after an infection

Degeneration

3 distinct characteristics of rheumatic disorders are autoimmunity (body recognizes its own tissue as foreign), inflammation (resulting in pannus), and ______________

Pannus

Rheumatoid arthritis is characterized by synovial fluid being overtaken by _________

Vitamin

___________ supplementation can increase remission periods in rheumatic disease

Lupus

Body inaccurately recognizes one or more of the cells nucleus as foreign

Periocarditis

Lupus can cause what cardiac manifestation

GOUT

Inflammatory arthritis caused by uric acid at the joint

Diuretic

GOUT incidence increases with age, BMI, alcohol, hypertension, & ____________ use

Feet

RA mostly commonly starts in hands, while GOUT starts in the ____________

Tophi

Small, whitish yellow, hard, nontender nodules caused by uric acid and associated with GOUT

Purines & BP

Treatment of GOUT includes decreasing ____________ & _____

Fibromyalgia

Chronic pain after injury or surgery

CNS

In fibromylagia, ________ pathways function abnormally

Deep

Patients that have fibromyalgia pain normally describe it as a ___________ aching pain all over the body

Achilles tendon

In fibromylagia, patients will have pain while taking BP and when pinching __________ __________