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Friday, October, 23, 2009

Arthralgia Of Knee

Health Encyclopedia: Rheumatic Fever

Alternative Names

Acute rheumatic fever


Symptoms
  • Fever
  • Joint pain, migratory arthritis -- involving primarily knees, elbows, ankles, and wrists
  • Joint swelling; redness or warmth
  • Abdominal pain
  • Skin rash (erythema marginatum)
    • Skin eruption on the trunk and upper part of arms or legs
    • Eruptions that are ring-shaped or snake-like in appearance
  • Skin nodules
  • Sydenham's chorea -- emotional instability, muscular weakness ...
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Expert & Community Posts

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Beyond Osteoarthritis: Looking Toward A Future Without Knee Pain
By Dr. Borigini , Health Expert

...osteoarthritis in an important weight-bearing joint: the knee.   Overweight people are at... Read more »

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Why You Should Exercise Before Joint Replacement Surgery
By Grant Cooper , Health Expert

...to the surgery. As always, don't exercise through joint pain, but work with your therapist... Read more »

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Symptoms Outside the GI Tract in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
By Todd Eisner , Health Expert

...the arms and legs, including the elbows, wrists, knees, and ankles. It is more common in... Read more »

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06/18/07 #3 - Joint pain and triptans?
By Ask the Clinician , Health Expert

...it worked on my migraine but I started to develop joint pain, mostly my knees, after taking this... Read more »

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Cortisone injections for knee osteoarthritis
By Grant Cooper , Health Expert

...muscle discomfort, one should not exercise through joint pain.  When osteoarthritis knee pain... Read more »

Health Guide

Sample Exercises: Stretching Exercises
...muscles before they are warmed up may result in injury. Stretching should never cause pain, especially joint pain. If it does, you are stretching too far, and you need to reduce the stretch so... Read more »
Spondyloarthritis Symptoms and Causes
...symptoms    * Eye inflammation    * Fatigue    * Heel pain    * Hip pain and stiffness    * Joint pain and joint swelling in the shoulders, knees, and ankles    * Limited... Read more »
Rheumatoid Arthritis: Surgery
...fever, a drop in blood pressure, and nausea. Nearly all patients experience an immediate flare-up of joint pain that lasts a few days. Some patients develop infection from the catheter used to... Read more »
Osteoarthritis: Symptoms
...humid weather.Some people experience muscle spasm and contractions in the tendons.Osteoarthritis in the knee may cause a crackling-like noise (called crepitus) when moved.Symptoms by LocationHand.... Read more »
Osteoarthritis: Risk Factors
...osteoarthritis compared to 25% of men. Some research suggests that women may also experience greater muscle and joint pain, in general, than men. And, women also tend to be undertreated for pain... Read more »

Images

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Osteoarthritis knee joint image

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