Joint Disease

Joint diseases could be in the form of pain, limitation of movement, swelling and stiffness of joints. Joint diseases could be cause due to trauma, infection, cartilage degeneration, or inflammation of joints. There are 170 Rheumatic diseases with nearly all of them affecting joints.

Joint disease could affect even spine or could affect small or large joints. Other then the joints the nearby areas could also get affected such as muscles, tendon, or bursa.

The most common form of joint disease is arthritis. The other forms include Cervical Spondylosis, Ankylosing spondylitis, Gout and Infective arthritis.