Arthritis

Disease class: Joint diseases

Definition

Arthritis refers to any condition of joints of the limbs or spine associated with inflammatory or structural change.

It is distinguished from arthralgia which simply implies joint pain with or without any inflammatory or structural change.

Source: Black's Medical Dictionary (42nd ed, 2010, ISBN 978-1-4081-0419-4)

 

Distributions

• Monoarthritis
• Oligoarthritis
• Polyarthritis

 

Types

• arthritis, Infectious
• arthritis, Juvenile
• arthritis, Psoriatic
• arthritis, Rheumatoid
• Chondrocalcinosis
• Gout 
• Osteoarthritis
• Periarthritis
• Rheumatic fever
• Sacroiliitis
• Spondylarthritis 

Inflammatory or non-inflammatory aetiology

• Inflammatory arthritis
• Infectious
• Infectious arthritis
• Non-infectious
• Seronegative spondyloarthropathy
• Rheumatoid arthritis 
• Crystal arthropathy
• Non-inflammatory arthritis
• Osteoarthritis