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Arthritis and Other Joint Conditions Arthritis means inflammation in a joint. Joint inflammation causes redness, warmth, swelling, and pain within the joint. Rheumatoid arthritis is a type of chronic arthritis that occurs in joints on both sides of the body (such as both hands, both wrists, or both knees). This symmetry helps distinguish rheumatoid arthritis from other types of arthritis.

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Arthritis and Other Joint ConditionsArthritis means inflammation in a joint. Joint inflammation causes redness, warmth, swelling, and pain within the joint.

Rheumatoid arthritis is a type of chronic arthritis that occurs in joints on both sides of the body (such as both hands, both wrists, or both knees). This symmetry helps distinguish rheumatoid arthritis from other types of arthritis.

Rheumatoid arthritis may also affect the skin, eyes, lungs, heart, blood, or nerves.

Arthritis Types

Rheumatoid ArthritisOsteoArthritisInfectious (Septic) Arthritis

Other Joint ConditionsGoutPseudogoutTorn/StrainedTorn CartilageTendinitisBursitis

Rheumatoid ArthritisSymptoms: Pain, stiffness, swelling in joints of hands, wrists, elbows, feet, ankles, knees, and neckDiagnosis: joint examination, medical history, several testsRisk Factors: Age, Gender (female), genetic susceptibility, smoking

OsteoArthritis

Description: Cartilage breakdown in joints; eventually can cause bone damageSymptoms: pain in joints, limited Range of Motion, tenderness/swelling, creaking joints, deformity

Infectious/Septic Arthritis

Description: joint inflammation as a result of an infection by bacteria, virus, parasites, or fungi; can damage tissueSymptoms: joint pain, redness, swelling, decreased ROM, weight loss, fatigue, fever/chills

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