Disease Categories
Inflammatory arthropathies
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Bursitis
- Psoriatic arthritis
- Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis (Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis, Juvenile Chronic Arthritis)
- Juvenile-onset ankylosing spondylitis
Degenerative arthropathies
Crystal arthropathies
- Gout and hyperuricaemia
- Calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease (Chondrocalcinosis, Pseudogout)
- Gout (crystal deposition disorders)
- Pseudogout (Calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease)
Dorsopathies (disorders of the back)
- Scoliosis (Spinal curvature; Kyphoscoliosis)
- Kyphosis (Scheuermann's disease; Roundback; Hunchback; Postural kyphosis)
- Herniated nucleus pulposus (slipped disc; Lumbar radiculopathy; Cervical radiculopathy; Herniated intervertebral disc; Prolapsed intervertebral disc; Ruptured disc)
- Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Whiplash injury
- Cervical Spondylosis
- Back Pain
Other connective tissue disorders
- Lupus - Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)
- Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome (APAS)
- Systemic Scleroderma (Systemic Sclerosis)
- Churg-Strauss syndrome (CSS)
- Behcet's Disease (BD, and Silk Route disease)
- Microscopic polyangiitis (MPA)
- Raynaud's Phenomenon (Raynaud's disease)
- Wegener's Granulomatosis
- Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Temporal (Giant Cell) Arteritis
- Dermatomyositis
- Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS)
- Polyarteritis Nodosa (PAN)
- Polymyositis
- Sjogren's Syndrome
- Localized Scleroderma
Infectious causes
- Rheumatic Fever & Rheumatic Heart Disease
- Reiter's Syndrome and Reactive Arthritis
- Septic Arthritis
- Osteomyelitis (Acute and Chronic)
- Epidemic Polyarthritis (Ross River virus)
- Lyme Disease
Cartilage, ligament
General signs/symptoms
- Thoracic back pain (upper vertebral fractures/pain)
- Shoulder pain
- Neck pain
- Hip Adductor Strain (Groin Strain) [Groin Strain]
Other diseases affecting the joints
- De Quervain's tenosynovitis (washerwoman's sprain)
- Supraspinatus tendinitis (painful arc syndrome)
- Frozen Shoulder (adhesive capsulitis)
- Kawasaki Disease
- Marfan's syndrome [Marfan's Syndrome]
- Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis
- Sarcoidosis
- Joint Hypermobility Syndrome (JHS)
- Diabetic cheiroarthropathy
- Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI)
- Chronic Pain Syndrome
