Arthropathy

Arthropathy
Other names	Joint disease
Bone erosions from rheumatoid arthritis.
Specialty	Rheumatology

An arthropathy is a disease of a joint.

Types

Arthritis is a form of arthropathy that involves inflammation of one or more joints, while the term arthropathy may be used regardless of whether there is inflammation or not.

Joint diseases can be classified as follows:^{[citation needed]}

• Arthritis

• Infectious arthritis

• Septic arthritis (infectious)
• Tuberculosis arthritis
• Reactive arthritis (indirectly)

• Noninfectious arthritis

• Seronegative spondyloarthropathy:

• Psoriatic arthritis
• Ankylosing spondylitis

• Rheumatoid arthritis:

• Felty's syndrome

• Juvenile idiopathic arthritis
• Adult-onset Still's disease
• Crystal arthropathy

• Gout
• Chondrocalcinosis

• Osteoarthritis

• Hemarthrosis (joint bleeding)
• Synovitis is the medical term for inflammation of the synovial membrane.
• Joint dislocation

Signs and symptoms

Joint pain is a common but non-specific sign of joint disease. Signs will depend on the specific disease, and may even then vary. Common signs may include:^{[citation needed]}

• Decreased range of motion
• Stiffness
• Effusion
• Pneumarthrosis, air in a joint (which is also a common normal finding).
• Bone erosion
• Systemic signs of arthritis such as fatigue

Diagnosis

Diagnosis may be a combination of medical history, physical examination, blood tests and medical imaging (generally X-ray initially).^{[citation needed]}

Treatment

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