Glossary for Knee pain

Medical terms related to Knee pain or mentioned in this section include:

• Acute leukemia: An acute condition which affects a cell line of the blood which shows little or no differentiation
• Ankle weakness: A decrease in the usual strength of the movements of the ankle
• Ankylosing Spondylitis: A form of chronic inflammation of the spine which may also affect joints in the shoulder, hip, neck, ribs and jaw. May result in loss of mobility. Also called Marie-Strumpell disease.
• Arthritis: A condition which is characterized by the inflammation of a joint
• Bleeding symptoms: Any type of bleeding symptoms.
• Brodie knee: Chronic inflammation of the knee joint.
• Bursitis: inflammation of one or more bursae (small sacs) of synovial fluid in the body.
• Chondromalacia: Softening of cartilage.
• Common symptoms: The most common symptoms
• Epiphyseal dysplasia, multiple, 2: Abnormalities in the ends of a number of bones resulting in the early onset of osteoarthrosis and joint pain. It is caused by a defect in the COL9A2 gene.
• Epiphyseal dysplasia, multiple, 3: Abnormalities in the ends of a number of bones resulting in the early onset of osteoarthrosis and joint pain. The knees and ankles are usually the most affected joints. Mild weakness of muscles in the upper arms and legs was also sometimes present. It is believed to be caused by a defect in the COL9A3 gene.
• Epiphyseal dysplasia, multiple, 5: Abnormalities in the ends of a number of bones resulting in the early onset of osteoarthrosis and joint pain. The hips and knees were the main joints involved. It is caused by defects in the gene for matrilin-3 (MATN3).
• Erythema nodosum: Allergic skin condition usually on the legs
• Fairbank disease: A rare inherited disorder that affects the secondary growth centers of bones usually in the hips, knees and ankles and results in mild dwarfism.
• Gout: Painful joints, most commonly the big toe.
• Gram's syndrome: A postmenopausal syndrome involving high blood pressure, rheumatoid arthritis of the knee and the development of multiple lipomas.
• Hemophilia: Blood disease usually genetic causing failure to clot.
• Hip Replacement: The replacement of a hip with an synthetic joint
• Hip conditions: Any condition that affects the hip
• Hip injury: Any injury that affects the hip
• Hypophosphatemic rickets: A rare genetic type of rickets involving defective phosphate transport and vitamin D metabolism in the kidneys. Poor calcium absorption from the intestines leads to bone softening.
• Iliotibial Band Syndrome: Knee inflammation usually from prolonged overuse
• Injury: Any damage inflicted in the body
• Jaffe-Lichtenstein-Sutro syndrome: A rare disorder characterized by pain and limited movement in one or more large joints such as the knee.
• Joint injury - knee: An injury to the knee which is the joint between the upper and lower leg. Severity of symptoms varies depending on the type and severity of the injury and often the primary symptom is pain. A knee injury can involve damage to the bones, ligaments or other tissues of the joint. The injury may be acute (e.g. trauma) or chronic (e.g. overuse).
• Joint pain: Pain affecting the joints
• Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis: Chronic arthritis affecting children and teens
• Juvenile idiopathic arthritis: A group of chronic inflammatory joint disorders that affects children. The condition generally involves periods of time where the condition is active followed by periods of abatement of symptoms. In some cases, the condition can be systemic and can cause symptoms such as fever and rash with organ involvement. There are three main types of juvenile idiopathic arthritis - oligoarticular, polyarticular and systemic (Still's disease).
• Knee arthritis: Inflammation of the knee joint. The inflammation can be the result of such things as degenerative joint disease, gout, infection, trauma and autoimmune conditions.
• Knee conditions: Any condition that affects the knee
• Knee injury: Any injury that occurs to the knee
• Knee locking: Inability to either straighten or bend knee
• Knee pain in children:
• Knee sprain: Damage to ligaments in the knee.
• Knee swelling: Swelling of the knee joint
• Knee symptoms: Symptoms affecting the knee
• Knee tendinitis: Inflammation of the tendons of the knee joint.
• Knock-knees: Legs vurve inwardly so that the knees are closer together than normal.
• Leg symptoms: Symptoms affecting the leg
• Leukemia: Cancer of the blood cells, usually white blood cells.
• Limb symptoms: Symptoms affecting the limbs
• Lyme disease: Lyme disease is an emerging infectious disease caused by at least three species of bacteria belonging to the genus Borrelia.
• Meniscus injury: Knee damage often from trauma or injury
• Nerve symptoms: Symptoms affecting the nerves
• Osgood-Schlatter Disease: A condition where the bony lump below the knee becomes inflamed resulting in swelling, pain and tenderness.
• Osteoarthritis: A form of degenerative arthritis due to chronic degeneration
• Osteochondritis Dissecans: A rare condition caused by an interruption of the blood supply to section of bone in a joint which can result in a piece of bone breaking off and causing pain. The knee is most often affected but it can occur in ankles and elbows.
• Osteochondrosis: A disease that is affects the growth ossification centres in children
• Paget's Disease: Breast carcinoma involving nipple and areola.
• Paget's disease of bone: A chronic, slowly progressing bone disorder where the bone is destroyed rapidly and replaced by abnormal bone which is dense and fragile.
• Paget's disease, type 1: A chronic, slowly progressing bone disorder where the bone is destroyed rapidly and replaced by abnormal bone which is dense and fragile. Type 1 is caused by a mutation on chromosome 6p21.3.
• Paget's disease, type 4: A rare disorder involving pigmentation and vascular abnormalities. The lesions usually involve large areas of the body and the pigmentation color can include pink, bluish and brown.
• Pain: Any type of pain sensation symptoms.
• Pancreas conditions: Any condition that affects the pancreas
• Plica Syndrome: Knee inflammation usually triggered by overuse or injury.
• Pregnancy symptoms: Symptoms related to pregnancy.
• Reiter’s syndrome: A form of reactive arthritis characterized by arthritis, urethritis, conjunctivitis and skin lesions.
• Rheumatoid arthritis: An autoimmune inflammatory condition which primarily affects the joints
• Rickets: A condition that affects the bones due to vitamin D deficiency
• Sarcoidosis: Rare autoimmune disease usually affecting the lungs.
• Sciatica: neuralgia along the nerve course of the sciatic nerve
• Scurvy: Severe disease from vitamin C deficiency
• Sensations: Changes to sensations or the senses
• Seronegative spondyloarthropathy: Spondyloarthropathy that is negative to rheumatoid facotr
• Singh-Williams-McAlister, syndrome: A rare syndrome characterized mainly by the resorption of certain bones (ankles, knees and wrists). Swelling an pain also occur in the affected bones.
• Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia tarda, autosomal dominant: A rare genetic disorder where abnormal bone development primarily involves the spine and epiphyses (end of long bones where growth occurs).
• Stiff knee: Stiffness of the knee joint
• Synovitis: Inflammation of the synovial membrane which causes arthritis. It usually results from injury, infection or rheumatic disease.
• Systemic Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis: Onset of JRA with fevers and systemic symptoms
• TAR syndrome: A rare genetic disorder characterized by the absence of radial bones of both forearms and thrombocytopenia.
• Talo-patello-scaphoid osteolysis, synovitis, and short fourth metacarpals: A rare condition characterized mainly by the loss of bone in the knee, ankle and wrist joints.
• Trochlear dysplasia: An unstable kneecap due to abnormal development of the kneecap.
• Viral diseases: Any disease that is caused by a virus
• Walking symptoms: Problems with walking.
• Yersiniosis: A condition which is characterized by infectious diarrhea, enteritis, ileitis and occasionally septicaemia

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