An injured patient complains of pain,functional loss,and warmth and swelling at the site of an injury for the past week.What diagnosis would you suspect?

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Pain, functional loss, warmth, and swelling at the site of an injury are classic symptoms of tendonitis, which is inflammation of a tendon. Tendinopathy and tendon rupture may also present with similar symptoms, but tendonitis is the most likely diagnosis based on the duration of symptoms reported (past week), which is more indicative of an inflammatory condition rather than traumatic injury. Tenovaginitis is a less common diagnosis and is more specific to inflammation of the sheath surrounding a tendon.

An Injured Patient Complains of Pain,functional Loss,and Warmth and Swelling