Arthritis
Arthritis (arthritis; Greek arthron - joint related to the joint + Latin it (word-form suffix) - inflammatory process) - inflammation of the joint or some of its elements.
Types of arthritis:
- Allergic - develops as a reversible manifestation of a general allergic reaction;
- Brucellosis is the general name for various forms of arthritis against the background of brucellosis;
- Secondary - the general name for arthritis developing against the background of allergic diseases, some diffuse connective tissue diseases, blood diseases, malignant tumors;
- Hemophilic - arthritis of mainly large joints with hemophilia;
- Purulent - develops when the pathogens of a pyogenic infection enter the joint;
- Gonorrheal - develops with gonorrhea;
- Dysentery - infectious-allergic oligo- or monoarthritis, develops against the background of dysentery during the recovery period;
- Dystrophic - characterized by degenerative and aseptic inflammatory changes in the joint tissues;
- Infectious-allergic - develops as a manifestation of general allergic reactions to infection with any microorganism;
- Infectious (synonym: infectious specific arthritis) - arthritis caused by pathogens of infectious diseases;
- Medication - allergic arthritis that occurs due to hypersensitivity to any drug;
- Migratory - sequentially affects several joints;
- Paracarcinomatous - arises as a complication of a malignant tumor of any localization;
- Gouty - develops against the background of gout due to the deposition of uric acid salts in the articular tissues;
- Occupational - dystrophic arthritis, which occurs under the influence of adverse occupational factors;
- Psoriatic - chronic arthritis with psoriasis;
- Rheumatic - occurs during a rheumatic attack;
- Rheumatoid-like - arthritis similar to rheumatoid arthritis, but related to other nosological forms;
- Serous erysipelas - develops as a complication of erysipelas of the skin against the background of the spread of the causative agent of the infection through the lymphatic tract;
- Glanders - develops as a complication of glanders;
- Septic - develops against the background of sepsis;
- Serous-fibrinous - characterized by the accumulation of serous-fibrinous exudate in the joint cavity;
- Serous - characterized by the accumulation of serous exudate in the articular cavity;
- Syphilitic - develops with acquired or congenital syphilis;
- Scleroderma - develops against the background of systemic scleroderma;
- Serum - 1) observed in serum sickness; 2) is caused by the development of the Arthus phenomenon in the joint;
- Fungoid - develops against the background of actinomycosis, blastomycosis or coccidiosis;
- Exudative - proceeds with the formation of exudate in the joint cavity.
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