Polyarthritis

Polyarthritis
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Polyarthritis Classification and external resources
ICD-10	M 13.0
ICD-9	711-716
MeSH	D001168

Polyarthritis is any type of arthritis which involves five or more joints — an inflammation of two, three or four joints is an oligoarthritis.

Polyarthritis may be experienced at any age and is not gender specific.

1 Causes
2 Treatment
3 Associated conditions
4 See also

Causes

Polyarthritis is most often caused by an auto-immune disorder such as Rheumatoid arthritis, Psoriatic arthritis, and Lupus erythematosus but can also be caused by infections such as Ross River Virus.

Treatment

It is recommended that individuals with this affliction sleep on a firm mattress and a flat pillow.

Associated conditions

it may associates with bilateral oedema in lower limbs

v • d • e Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M, 710-739)

Arthropathies	Arthritis (Septic arthritis, Reactive arthritis, Rheumatoid arthritis, Psoriatic arthritis, Felty syndrome, Juvenile idiopathic arthritis, Still's disease) - crystal (Gout, Chondrocalcinosis) - Osteoarthritis (Heberden's node, Bouchard's nodes) - Monoarthritis/Polyarthritis acquired deformities of fingers and toes (Boutonniere deformity, Bunion, Hallux rigidus, Hallux varus, Hammer toe, Swan neck deformity) - other acquired deformities of limbs (Valgus deformity, Varus deformity, Wrist drop, Foot drop, Flat feet, Club foot, Unequal leg length, Winged scapula) patella (Luxating patella, Chondromalacia patellae) Protrusio acetabuli - Hemarthrosis - Arthralgia - Osteophyte

Systemic CT disorders	vasculitis: Churg-Strauss syndrome - Kawasaki disease - Hypersensitivity vasculitis - Wegener's granulomatosis - Arteritis (Polyarteritis nodosa, Takayasu's arteritis, Temporal arteritis) immune/autoimmune: Goodpasture's syndrome - Microscopic polyangiitis - Systemic lupus erythematosus (Drug-induced) - Dermatomyositis (Juvenile dermatomyositis) - Polymyositis - Scleroderma - Sjögren's syndrome - Behçet's disease - Polymyalgia rheumatica - Eosinophilic fasciitis Hypermobility

Dorsopathies	spinal curvature (Kyphosis, Lordosis, Scoliosis) - Scheuermann's disease - Spondylolysis - Torticollis - Spondylolisthesis Spondylopathies (Ankylosing spondylitis, Spondylosis, Spinal stenosis) - Schmorl's nodes - Degenerative disc disease - Coccydynia - Back pain (Radiculopathy, Neck pain, Sciatica, Low back pain)

Soft tissue disorders	muscle: Myositis (Pyomyositis) - Myositis ossificans (Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva) synovium and tendon: Synovitis/Tenosynovitis (Calcific tendinitis, Stenosing tenosynovitis, Trigger finger, DeQuervain's syndrome) - Irritable hip - Ganglion cyst bursa: bursitis (Olecranon, Prepatellar, Trochanteric) - Baker's cyst fibroblastic disorders: Dupuytren's contracture - Fasciitis (Plantar fasciitis, Nodular fasciitis, Necrotizing fasciitis) - Fibromatosis shoulder lesions: Adhesive capsulitis - Rotator cuff tear - Subacromial bursitis enthesis: enthesopathies (Iliotibial band syndrome, Achilles tendinitis, Patellar tendinitis, Golfer's elbow, Tennis elbow, Metatarsalgia, Bone spur, Tendinitis) other, NEC: Muscle weakness - Rheumatism - Myalgia - Neuralgia - Neuritis - Panniculitis - Fibromyalgia

Osteopathies	disorders of bone density and structure: Osteoporosis - Osteomalacia - continuity of bone (Pseudarthrosis, Stress fracture) - Monostotic fibrous dysplasia - Skeletal fluorosis - Aneurysmal bone cyst - Hyperostosis - Osteosclerosis Osteomyelitis - Avascular necrosis - Paget's disease of bone - Algoneurodystrophy - Osteolysis - Infantile cortical hyperostosis

Chondropathies	Juvenile osteochondrosis (Legg-Calvé-Perthes syndrome, Osgood-Schlatter disease, Köhler disease, Sever's disease) - Osteochondritis - Tietze's syndrome - Relapsing polychondritis

See also congenital conditions (Q65-Q79, 754-756)

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Contents

Causes

Treatment

Associated conditions

See also