Infectious Arthritis.
Last updated Wednesday, December 22, 2004
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AboutBasics of infectious arthritis Infectious arthritis is a form of arthritis that is produced by an infection. It is also called "septic arthritis."
Infections
An infection is an illness that is caused by certain types of germs.
There are three major kinds of germs that can cause infections:
bacteria, viruses, or fungi.
Normally, these germs are not found in a person's body. They can
live in the air, in uncooked food, plants, soil, animals, or trash.
When they enter a person's body, these germs generally cause the person
to become sick. Doctors call an illness that is directly caused by any
one of these germs an "infection."
Arthritis
Arthritis means joint
inflammation ("arthr-" = joint"; "-itis" = inflammation). There are
over 100 kinds of arthritis. How does a person know if he or she has
inflammation in a joint or another part of the body? Generally, that
area becomes warm, painful, swollen, red, and/or stiff.
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