Ankylosing spondylitis
A rheumatic disease that causes arthritis of the spine and sacroiliac joints and can cause inflammation of the eyes, lungs, and heart valves. |
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Arthritis
Technically this term refers to inflammation of the joints, but it is often used to refer collectively to all joint disorders. |
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Degenerative arthritis
Another term for osteoarthritis. |
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Fasciitis
A condition in which the fasciae, fibrous tissue forming membranous layers throughout the body, become inflamed. |
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Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia is a chronic condition primarily associated with widespread pain, stiffness and tenderness of the muscles and soft tissues around joints. |
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Giant cell arteritis
A condition in which certain arteries become inflamed. |
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Golfer’s elbow
Overuse or rheumatic disease causes inflammation of the muscle attachment on the inside of the elbow. |
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Gout
Gout is a metabolic disorder that may be inherited. It is characterised by recurrent acute joint inflammation (gouty arthritis) in the extremities, caused by crystals
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Inflammatory arthritis/inflammatory arthropathy
This is a group of conditions, which includes systemic diseases, which involve inflamed joints as well as local inflammatory disorders. |
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Juvenile chronic arthritis
One in every thousand children is affected by this disease. |
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Osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis is a disease that primarily affects the cartilage lining of the joints and the bones associated with the joints, the subchondral bones. |
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Polyarthritis
This refers to inflammation present in many joints. |
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Polymyalgia rheumatica
A disorder generally seen in women over age 50, causes stiffness and aching in the neck, shoulder and hip areas. |
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Psoriatic arthritis
An inflammatory arthritis associated with psoriasis - a chronic skin and nail disease. There are five patterns.
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Purine
A nitrogen-containing compound, which can be broken down to uric acid. Purine is found in almost all foodstuffs. |
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Reactive arthritis
Also referred to as Reiter’s syndrome. |
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Reiter’s syndrome
See reactive arthritis. |
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Rheumatic diseases
Refer to rheumatism and all types of arthritis. |
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Rheumatic fever
This is a disease that affects younger people. It arises as a delayed complication of bacterial infection of the throat with streptococci. |
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Rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic condition characterised by persistent inflammation of the joints. |
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Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic, inflammatory auto-immune disorder (in which the body's defence system attacks its own tissues)which may affect one or many organs
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Pseudogout- Client
This is a type of crystal disease with deposition of calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystals within the joint and joint cartilage. |
