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Arthritis - A group of conditions involving damage to the joints of the body. There
are over 100 different forms of arthritis.
The term arthritis is derived from the Greek: “arthron” meaning “joint” and “itis” meaning inflammation. The misleading thought that all arthritis is alike may cause those with arthritic problems to try treatments that have little effect on their symptoms. Since each type of arthritis is different, each type calls for a different approach to treatment. An accurate diagnosis is crucial. With the proper diagnosis, what causes pain can be uncovered. Then, proper steps to relieve the pain and for the person to continue to be active, may be taken.
Affects women more than men - 3:1
The major complaint by those who have arthritis is pain. Pain is often a constant and daily feature of the disease. The pain may be localised to the back, neck, hip, knee or feet. The pain from arthritis occurs due to inflammation that occurs around the joint, damage to the joint from disease, daily wear and tear of joint, muscles strains caused by forceful movements against stiff, painful joints and fatigue.
There are two major types of arthritis.
- Osteoarthritis -
the "wear and tear" arthritis. - Rheumatoid arthritis -
an inflammatory type of arthritis that happens when the body's immune system does not work properly.
An important factor in treatment is to understand the disorder and find ways to overcome the obstacles which prevent physical exercise.
If you have arthritis, you may experience:
- Joint pain
- Joint swelling
- Reduced ability to move the joint
- Redness of the skin around a joint
- Stiffness, especially in the morning
- Warmth around a joint
Unless the inflammatory process is stopped, it will continue to attack the body and cause joint destruction. Therefore, treatments that just relieve the pain associated with the problem, but do not completely halt inflammation, may not adequately treat the disease.
Getting proper treatment early on is important which can help sufferers lead more active and comfortable lives.
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Achilles Tendonitis
Achondroplasia
Acromegalic arthropathy
Adhesive capsulitis
Adult onset Still's disease
Ankylosing spondylitis
Anserine bursitis
Avascular necrosis
Behcet's Disease
Bicipital tendinitis
Blount's disease
Brucellar spondylitis
Bursitis
Calcaneal bursitis
Calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate (CPPD)
Crystal deposition disease
Caplan's syndrome
Carpal tunnel syndrome
Chondrocalcinosis
Chondromalacia patellae
Chronic synovitis
Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis
Churg-Strauss syndrome
Cogan's Syndrome
Corticosteroid-induced osteoporosis
Costosternal syndrome
CREST syndrome
Cryoglobulinemia
Degenerative joint disease
Dermatomyositis
Diabetic finger sclerosis
Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH)
Discitis
Discoid lupus erythematosus
Drug-induced lupus
Duchenne's muscular dystrophy
Dupuytren's contracture
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
Enteropathic arthritis
Epicondylitis
Erosive inflammatory osteoarthritis
Exercise-induced compartment syndrome
Fabry’s disease
Familial Mediterranean fever
Farber's lipogranulomatosis
Felty's syndrome
Fibromyalgia
Fifth's disease
Flat feet
Foreign body synovitis
Freiberg's disease
Fungal arthritis
Gaucher's disease
Giant cell arteritis
Gonococcal arthritis
Goodpasture Syndrome
Gout
Granulomatous arteritis
Hemarthrosis
Hemochromatosis
Henoch-Schonlein Purpura
Hepatitis B surface antigen disease
Hip dysplasia
Hurler syndrome
Hypermobility syndrome
Hypersensitivity vasculitis
Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy
Immune complex disease
Impingement syndrome
Jaccoud's arthropathy
Juvenile ankylosing spondylitis
Juvenile dermatomyositis
Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
Kawasaki's Disease
Kienbock's disease
Legg-Calve-Perthes disease
Lesch-Nyhan syndrome
Linear scleroderma
Lipoid dermatoarthritis
Lofgren's syndrome
Lyme Disease
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Arthritis
Malignant synovioma
Marfan's syndrome
Medial plica syndrome
Metastatic carcinomatous arthritis
Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD)
Mixed cryoglobulinemia
Mucopolysaccharidosis
Multicentric reticulohistiocytosis
Multiple epiphyseal dysplasia
Mycoplasma Arthritis
Myofascial pain syndrome
Neonatal Lupus
Neuropathic arthropathy
Nodular panniculitis
Ochronosis
Olecranon bursitis
Osgood-Schlatter's disease
Osteoarthritis
Osteochondromatosis
Osteogenesis imperfecta
Osteomalacia
Osteomyelitis
Osteonecrosis
Osteoporosis
Overlap Syndrome
Pachydermoperiostosis Paget
Palindromic rheumatism
Patellofemoral pain syndrome
Pellegrini-Stieda syndrome
Pigmented villonodular synovitis
Piriformis Syndrome
Plantar fasciitis
Polyarteritis nodos
Polymyalgia Rheumatica
Polymyositis
Popliteal Cysts
Posterior tibial tendinitis
Pott's Disease
Prepatellar bursitis
Prosthetic joint infectio
Pseudoxanthoma elasticum
Psoriatic arthritis
Raynaud's Phenomenon
Reactive Arthritis
Reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome
Relapsing polychondritis
Retrocalcaneal bursitis
Rheumatic Fever
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid vasculitis
Rotator cuff tendinitis
Sacroiliitis
Salmonella osteomyelitis
Sarcoidosis
Saturnine gout
Scheuermann's osteochondritis
Scleroderma
Septic arthritis
Seronegative arthritis
Shigella arthritis
Shoulder-hand syndrome
Sickle cell arthropathy
Sjogren's Syndrome
Slipped capital femoral epiphysis
Spinal stenosis
Spondylolysis
Staphylococcus arthritis
Stickler syndrome
Still's Disease
Subacute cutaneous lupus
Sweet's syndrome
Sydenham Chorea
Syphilitic arthritis
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
Takayasu's Arteritis
Tarsal tunnel syndrome
Temporal arteritis
Tennis elbow
Tietse's syndrome
Transient osteoporosis
Traumatic Arthritis
Trochanteric bursitis
Tuberculosis arthritis
Ulcerative Colitis Arthritis
Undifferentiated connective tissue syndrome (UCTS)
Urticarial vasculitis
Viral arthritis
Wegener's Granulomatosis
Whipple's disease
Wilson's disease
Yersinial arthritis
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Types of Arthritis