Arthritis | Dr. Sauvik Dasgupta

Arthritis is inflammation (pain and swelling) of the joints. It can involve single or multiple joints of hands, legs, or back.

Note that, It is not a single disease, but a manifestation of various diseases comprising of more than a hundred different Rheumatic conditions. They can be:

Autoimmune: For example

Rheumatoid arthritis
Ankylosing spondylitis/ spondyloarthritis
SLE/ Lupus
Psoriatic arthritis
IBD associated arthritis
Systemic vasculitis
Connective tissue diseases
Sarcoidosis
Juvenile Idiopathic arthritis

Infective: For example

TB
Septic arthritis
Viral and post viral arthritis (Dengue, chikungunya etc.)
Lyme’s disease

Degenerative: For example

Osteoarthritis

Metabolic: For example

Gouty arthritis
Pseudogout
Hypothyroid arthropathy

Others: For example

Paraneoplastic arthropathy

Does Arthritis involve the joints only?

NO!!!! Almost all Arthritis and other Rheumatic diseases are multi-system disorders and can involve any part of the body. There is an endless list of presentations of Rheumatic disease. There are more than a hundred types of Rheumatic diseases and each subtype has a specific spectrum of manifestations. Some of the common presentations apart from joint symptoms(Extra-articular manifestations) are:

Arthritis | Dr. Sauvik Dasgupta

Dr. Sauvik Dasgupta

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