The primary types of arthritis are Osteoarthritis, Rheumatoid arthritis, Septic arthritis, Gout and pseudogout, Juvenile idiopathic arthritis, Still's disease and Ankylosing spondylitis. The types of Arthritis that are secondary to other diseases are Lupus erythematosus, Henoch-Schönlein purpura, Psoriatic arthritis, Reactive arthritis, Haemochromatosis, Hepatitis, Wegener's granulomatosis, Lyme disease, Familial Mediterranean fever, TNF receptor associated periodic, Hyperimmunoglobulinemia D with recurrent fever and syndrome and Inflammatory bowel disease.
There are many other types of arthritis which vary in their degree of severity and while they not be as prevalent as the types listed above, they do afflict humans in significant numbers.
These are: Behçet’s Disease, Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Felty's Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, Gout, Infectious Arthritis, Juvenile Arthritis, Lupus, Mixed connective tissue disease, Osteoarthritis, Paget's disease, Polymyalgia Rheumatica, Polymyositis and Dermatomyositis, Pseudogout, Psoriatic Arthritis, Raynaud's phenomenon, Reactive Arthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Scleroderma, Sjögren's Syndrome, Still’s Disease, AOSD, Wegener’s granulomatosis, Cervical Arthritis, Infectious Arthritis, Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis, Lumbosacral Arthritis, Osteonecrosis, Osteoporosis, Reiter's Syndrome, Rheumatic Diseases, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Rheumatoid Foot and Ankle, Polyarteritis, Marfan syndrome
Sjogren’s syndrome, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Giant Cell Arteritis, Wegener's Granulomatosis, Juvenile Dermatomyositis, Charcot’s Joints, Myositis, Scleroderma, Undifferentiated Spondyloarthropathy, Sarcoidosis, Lyme disease and Kawasaki Syndrome.
In other types of arthritis, Kawasaki disease or mucocutaneous node disease, lymph node syndrome, infantile polyarteritis and Kawasaki syndrome, is a self-limited vasculitis affecting many organs, including the skin and lymph nodes, blood vessel walls, mucous membranes and the heart. It does not seem to be contagious and was first described in 1967 by Dr. Tomisaku Kawasaki in Japan.
In other types of arthritis, Fibromyalgia (FM or FMS) is a chronic syndrome characterized by diffuse or specific muscle, bone fatigue, joint, or bone pain, and a wide range of other symptoms. It is not contagious, and recent studies suggest that people with fibromyalgia may be genetically predisposed.
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It affects more females than males.Fibromyalgia is present in 3 to 6 per cent of the population.
It is most commonly diagnosed in individuals between the ages of 20 and 50, though onset can occur in childhood.
One of the important other types of arthritis Hemochromatosis, is a hereditary disease with improper dietary iron metabolism which causes the accumulation of iron in a number of body tissues. It is mostly that people in Northern European and people of English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh origin that are afflicted.
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis is the most common form of persistent arthritis in children. Arthritis is the inflammation of the synovium (the lining tissues) of a joint. It differs quite a lot from arthritis commonly seen in adults such as rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis and other arthritides that can present in childhood and are chronic conditions.
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