Differential Diagnosis of Wandering Painful Swelling of Joints

Wandering joint pain and swelling means that the pain and swelling can occur at different times and in different joints. It is mainly seen in rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatism is unexplained joint pain and will not swell; while rheumatoid arthritis must be accompanied by joint swelling in addition to pain. Usually, attention should be paid to the differential diagnosis with other diseases. 1, joint swelling and pain: refers to the swelling around the joint, flushing, fever and limited movement, is the clinical manifestation of a variety of diseases. In order to select the department of consultation more accurately, the patient’s age, gender, medical history, long-term living environment, occupation and accompanying symptoms should be analyzed, and then a preliminary judgment should be made. Of course, the diagnosis should be confirmed by detailed physical examination and laboratory tests. 2, joint ringing pain: pathological joint ringing such as “popping”, “stuck” and painful sensation, the more common clinical diseases are meniscal injury, osteoarthrosis, etc. This pathological ringing in the knee, ankle, hip, shoulder joints are more common. 3, joint local tingling: tingling is not necessarily osteophytes, general elbow joint hyperplasia common extension function is limited, there may also be soft tissue injury, there may be arthritis and so on.