An elderly female complains about waking up one morning with pain/stiffness in her neck/shoulders. Lab work reveals an elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)
The physician gives the client a 3-day trial of prednisone, which significantly improves the pain. The health care provider correlates this information and diagnoses which of the following disorders?
A) Polymyalgia rheumatica
B) Psoriatic arthritis
C) Reiter syndrome
D) Ankylosing spondylitis
Ans: A
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Polymyalgia rheumatica is a common syndrome of older clients, rarely occurring before 50 years and usually after 60 years of age. Reiter syndrome, psoriatic arthritis, and ankylosing spondylitis may occur at younger ages.
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