There are many forms of joint inflammation or arthritis, which have different causes. The most common are:
- Infections
- Autoimmune Diseases
- Metabolic diseases
- Arthrosis: articular cartilage disorders, known as osteoarthritis
Often infections for a joint inflammation (arthritis) is responsible. Bacteria or other pathogens can infect a wound just above a joint. In addition, an inflammation of a focus of infection in the body via the blood to be passed into the joint (eg, herpes infection, such as cold sores).
Autoimmune Diseases
In an autoimmune disease that attacks the immune system, so the body's defense, which wrongly own joints and tissues and destroy them. Among the autoimmune diseases include, for example:
- Psoriasis (psoriasis)
- chronic inflammatory bowel diseases like Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis and rheumatoid arthritis.
Rheumatoid arthritis, including rheumatoid arthritis or RA is briefly mentioned, the most common form of arthritis.
Metabolic diseases
Among the metabolic diseases include gout, for example. Here, the joint inflammation is triggered by an increase in uric acid (gout). It is very painful, is often affected the first metatarsophalangeal joint.
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