Description Ankylosing spondylitis or AS, is a form of arthritis that primarily affects the spine, although other joints can become involved. It causes inflammation of the spinal joints (vertebrae) that can lead to severe, chronic pain and discomfort. The disease leads to calcification of the spine’s ligaments and discs and …
Read More »Felty Syndrome (FS)- Causes, Treatment, and Diagnosis.
Definition Felty syndrome is a condition that includes rheumatoid arthritis, splenomegaly (enlargement of the spleen) and granulocytopenia (decreased level of the certain type of white blood cells). In Felty syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis is seropositive, which means that rheumatoid factor can be found in the blood. This syndrome is sometimes seen …
Read More »Frozen Shoulder- Definition, Causes, and Treatment.
Definition Frozen shoulder is also referred to as adhesive capsulitis and is characterized by pain and loss of motion of the shoulder joint. The exact cause of it is unknown, even though it has been found to affect somewhere between two and five percent of people during their lifetime. Diabetes, …
Read More »Degenerative Disc Disease – Definition, Types, and Prevention.
Definition Degenerative disc disease is not actually a disease but a term used to describe the normal changes in your spinal discs as you age. Spinal discs are soft, compressible discs that separate the interlocking bones also known as vertebrae that make up the spine. The discs act as shock …
Read More »Bunions or Hallux Valgus- Causes, Treatment and Prevention
Definition Bunions are the bony bump that is enlarged in the joints at the base of the big toe. This enlargement is due to the misalignment of the bone joint and it leads to the stretching of tendons and ligaments which is present around the big toe joints. This caused …
Read More »Avascular necrosis or Osteonecrosis- Definition, Causes, and Diagnosis.
Definition Avascular necrosis (AVN) is the localized death of the bone due to injury, trauma, disease or drug side effects. Necrosis generally mean for cell death. Lack of blood flow to the bone cells causes bone necrosis and lead to complete bone damage. This often happens to bone due to …
Read More »Osteomyelitis – Introduction, Complications, and Diagnosis.
Introduction Osteomyelitis is the bone infection that occurs due to the infection of bacteria in the bone. Infection is caused by the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus and other bacteria’s can also cause it. Germs usually infect into the body skin through open wounds and travel to the bone through the bloodstream. …
Read More »Spondyloarthritis (SpA)- Definition, Symptoms, Types and Treatment
Definition Spondyloarthritis (also known as spondyloarthropathy) is the term which describes the connective tissue diseases. It is the group of inflammatory diseases, including arthritis of the peripheral joints and spine (sacroiliitis or spondylitis); including the area where ligaments and tendons attach to bones (enthesitis or enthesopathy). These diseases cause pain …
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