Glossary for Infectious arthritis

• Analgesia: A condition which is characterized by an absence of pain
• Arthritis: General name for any type of joint inflammation, but often means age-related osteoarthritis.
• Arthropathy, Neurogenic: Joint destruction caused by damage to the nervous system which prevents the patient feeling sensations in the joint. Due to the nerve damage, pain and damage to the joint often goes unnoticed as the joint deteriorates even further. The knee and ankle are the most common joints affected. The condition is usually caused by an underlying diseases which affects the nerves e.g. diabetic neuropathy, syringomyelia, spinal cord injury and pernicious anemia.
• Chills: Excessive feeling of coldness.
• Dengue fever: An acute viral disease characterized by fever, rash and myalgia and caused by a flavivirus which is transmitted by mosquitoes.
• Endocarditis: Inflammation of the inner lining of the heart
• Fever: Elevation of the body temperature above the normal 37 degrees celsius
• Gonorrhea: Common sexually transmitted disease often without symptoms.
• Gout: Painful joints, most commonly the big toe.
• Joint pain: Pain affecting the joints
• Lyme disease: Lyme disease is an emerging infectious disease caused by at least three species of bacteria belonging to the genus Borrelia.
• Meningococcemia: A rare infectious disease whose main symptoms are upper respiratory tract infection, fever, rash and eye and ear problems.
• Parvovirus: A family of viruses that contain the human parvo virus B19
• Pseudogout: A condition which is characterized by an acute inflammatory arthropathy caused by calcium pyrophosphate crystals
• Reactive arthritis: The inflammation of a joint
• Rheumatic conditions: Any condition that affects ones joints
• Ross River virus: Mosquito-borne virus in parts of Australia and other countries
• Sarcoidosis: Rare autoimmune disease usually affecting the lungs.
• Weakness: Symptoms causing weakness of the body

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