Pain while moving and resting Redness, swelling, or warmth Stiffness while moving Iliotibial Band Friction Syndrome Overuse causes iliotibial band friction syndrome (ITBFS), a knee joint injury. ITBFS occurs when your iliotibial (IT) band, a tendon along the outside of your leg, rubs against...
Describe Osteoarthritis and what causes it. Arthritis: Arthritis is a term used to define any type of disorder or inflammation of joints. The common symptoms of arthritis are swelling, joint pain, stiffness, redness, warmth, decrease in mobility, etc. There are two types of arthritis: ...
Biologic therapy helps decrease joint swelling, pain, and stiffness. These medicines increase the risk of serious infection. Your provider will need to monitor you closely while you are taking these medicines. Surgery may be done to take out all or part of the joint and put in an artificial ...
Psoriatic arthritisaffects about one-third of people with psoriasis.Psoriatic arthritisis a condition that causes joint pain, stiffness, and swelling. Most people develop the skin symptoms of psoriasis first, but about 15% will developarthritissymptoms first. Patients with psoriatic arthritis also tend ...
Joint pain is common and can be constant or intermittent. Symptoms include, but are not limited to, the following: Discomfort Aching Redness Swelling Warm feeling Stiffness Decreased mobility Soreness Burning or throbbing pain Common causes of joint pain Joint pain is a common physical ailment. It...
Carpal tunnel syndrome causes stiffness in the fingers through damage in the median nerve. Abnormal pressure on the nerve irritates the hand's tendons, which respond by swelling up and cutting off circulation to the median nerve. This can result in joint pain, stiffness, and weakness. Patients ...
Joint inflammation is caused when the body's immune system is activated, and it sends out white blood cells to the site. The activity of these cells is what promotes inflammation in the joint, with joint swelling, joint pain, stiffness, and more limited function. It's important to remember...
stiffness in their bodies. Sometimes their hands, knees or hips get sore and are hard to move. These people may have arthritis. If you have arthritis something goes wrong with the joint(s). What goes wrong depends on what type of arthritis you have. It could be that the cartilage is ...
Friedrich’s disease. Friedrich’s disease is a condition in which the end of the clavicle bone that makes up part of the SC joint begins to die. Gout.Gout is a type of arthritis that causesinflammationand significant pain in a joint. It usually affects the joint of the big toe but has...
Joint pain may be a sign of osteoarthritis, which is caused by the breakdown of cartilage and underlying bone in joints such as the hands, knees, hips, and others.