Chronic pain mainly on or near joints
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Got chronic pain mainly on or near joints? Where your tendons connect to your bones (“enthesitis”)? If so, the possibility of a rheumatic disease should considered. See Mease et al., here’s a good infographic, and here’s a diagram of the spots to be aware of.
Diagram of the 18 sites of pain highlighted by the SPARCC Enthesitis Index.