Polyarthritis

Polyarthritis

Polyarthritis
Classification and external resources

ICD-10 M 13.0

ICD-9 711-716

MeSH D001168

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.

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.

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

it may associates with bilateral oedema in lower limbs

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 - Palindromic rheumatism

Specific joints	shoulder (Winged scapula, Adhesive capsulitis, Rotator cuff tear, Subacromial bursitis) - elbow (Cubitus valgus, Cubitus varus) - hand (Wrist drop, Boutonniere deformity, Swan neck deformity) hip (Protrusio acetabuli, Coxa valga, Coxa vara) - leg (Unequal leg length) - patella (Luxating patella, Chondromalacia patellae) - foot (Bunion/hallux valgus, Hallux varus, Hallux rigidus, Hammer toe, Foot drop, Flat feet, Club foot) general terms (Valgus deformity, Varus deformity)

Synovium and tendon	Synovitis/Tenosynovitis (Calcific tendinitis, Stenosing tenosynovitis, Trigger finger, DeQuervain's syndrome) - Irritable hip - Ganglion cyst

Bursa	Bursitis (Olecranon, Prepatellar, Trochanteric, Subacromial) - Baker's cyst

Other	Hemarthrosis - Arthralgia - Osteophyte - Hypermobility

see also congenital