How Do You Diagnose Arthritis?

How Do You Diagnose Arthritis? (0:30)

Physicians first diagnose arthritis by listening to the patient and their symptoms, says Andrew Feldman, MD, an orthopaedic surgeon at NYU Langone Medical Center. In this video, he explains the signs and other ways doctors can make the diagnosis.

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Somebody usually tells you, I mean you can hear there are a certain cues that they give you and you have to be a detective and hear what they are saying. Grinding long term slow debilitating issue, stopping sports these are the easy things and then obviously physical exam you can feel it unless you're actually MOI.