Diagnostic Criteria for Familial Mediterranean Fever

Has the patient had a recurring illness?

Gender of the patient

Are the recurrent attacks generally severe, requiring bed rest?

Do the attacks remit spontaneously?

Are attacks separated from each other by symptom-free intervals?

Rectal temperature during an attack

Number of hours that the fever usually lasts

Is the pain during attacks similar in nature?

• unilateral pleuritis?

• pericarditis?

• generalized peritonitis?

• monoarthritis involving knee, ankle or hip?

• inflammation of the tunica vaginalis testis?

• erysipelas-like skin eruption?

• symmetric myalgia in calves, with extreme tenderness?

Has the patient been treated with colchicine?

Did the patient improve on the colchicine treatment?

Has the patient had incomplete attacks limited to the chest, abdomen or joints?

Does another close family member have Familial Mediterranean Fever or a compatible syndrome?

Age for first episode