Question | Answer |
Adhesive Capsulitis | Shoulder condition characterized by a stiffness of the shoulder, limited shoulder movement, and pain |
Arthritis | Inflammation of the joints |
Ankylosing Spondylitis | Type of arthritis that affects the vertebral column |
Bunion | Abnormal enlargement of the joint at the base of the great toe |
Ganglion | Cystic tumor developing on a tendon |
Dislocation | Displacement of a bone from its normal location within a joint |
Gout | Acute arthritis noted when the body does not properly metabolize uric acid, Hereditary, Most often affects great toe |
Herniated Disc | Rupture of the central portion of the vertebral disk through the disk wall and into the spinal cavity. "Slipped Disk" |
Lyme Disease | Inflammatory infection transmitted through the bite of an infected deer tick |
Osteoarthritis | Most common form of arthritis, results from wear and tear on the joints especially weight bearing joints such as hips and knees |
Rheumatoid Arthritis | Chronic systemic inflammatory disease that affects multiple joints of the body. mainly the small peripheral joints |
Sprain | Injury involving ligaments that surround and support a joint, caused by wrenching or twisting motion |
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus | Chronic inflammatory connective tissue disease affecting the skin, joints, nervous system, kidneys, lungs, and other organs
Butterfly rash |
Arthroplasty | Surgical repair of a joint |
Arthroscopy | Visualization of the interior of a joint using an endoscope |
Arthrocentesis | Surgical puncture of a joint with a needle for the purpose of withdrawing fluid for analysis |
Arthrography | Process of X-Raying the inside of a joint, after injecting the joint with a contrast medium |
Erythrocyte Sedimentation (sed) rate (ESR) | Blood test that measures the rate at which erythrocytes settle to the bottom of the test tube filled with unclotted blood |
Rheumatoid Factor | Blood test that measures the presence of unusual antibodies that develop in a number of connective tissue diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis |
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