Healthy Living and Fitness

Illness Care: Arthritis

Symptoms

Symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis are:

• joint stiffness upon awakening that lasts an hour or longer
• swelling in specific finger or wrist joints
• swelling in the soft tissue around the joints
• swelling on both sides of the joint. Swelling can occur without or with pain,
  and can worsen progressively or remain the same for years before progressing.

Symptoms of gout are:

• sudden onset of extreme pain and swelling at a large joint (usually a big toe,
  but occasionally other joints)

Symptoms of ankylosing spondylitis (a disorder that affects the spine) are:

• pain
• stiffness
• inflammation and changes in posture

Symptoms of infectious arthritis are:

• body aches, chills and fever
• confusion, dizziness
• redness, swelling, tenderness, and throbbing pain in the affected joint
• pain sometimes spreads to other joints and worsens with movement.

Symptoms of osteoarthritis are:

• gradual and subtle onset of deep aching joint pain
• limited movement
• grating of the joint with movement
• painful bony growths in the finger joints
• may include wrist, knee, foot, elbow and low back pain

 

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