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An important
symptom deals with the joints of her hands.
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Arthralgia (pain of the joints)
vs
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Arthritis (real inflammation)
Indications are she has a true
arthritis: edema, redness, that stuff.
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Rheumatic fever
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Osteoarthritis
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Rheumatoid arthritis
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Septic arthritis
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Bacterial
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Lyme
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Mycoplasma
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Immune mediated arthritis such
as is seen with SLE.
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Gout
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Psoriatic
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Inflammatory bowel disease.
Let's try to make
sense of all this.
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