Arthritis Arthritis Arthritis is a term often used to mean any disorder that affects joints. Symptoms generally include joint pain and stiffness. Other symptoms may include redness, warmth, swelling, and decreased range of motion of the affected joints. In some types other organs are also affected. Onset can be gradual or sudden. There are over 100 types of arthritis. The most common forms are osteoarthritis (degenerative joint disease) and rheumatoid arthritis. Osteoarthritis usually occurs with age and affects the fingers, knees, and hips. Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disorder that often affects the hands and feet. Other types include gout, lupus,
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis day is a common feature (this implies inflammatory-type joint pain versus mechanical-type joint pain). Late effects of arthritis include joint contracture (stiff, bent joint due to fibrosis) and joint damage. Children with JIA vary in the degree to which they are affected by particular symptoms. Symptoms may also differ between sexes, affecting girls and boys differently among different geographic locations. This is predicted to be due to biological differences in different geographic regions. Children may also have swollen joints (inflammatory swelling, or in chronic arthritis due to synovial membrane proliferation and thickening, and periarticular soft-tissue swelling). Eye disease: JIA is