Arthritis
In simple terms Arthritis means pain swelling and tenderness (Painful to touch) of a joint. Broadly we have inflammatory Arthritis e.g Rheumatoid Arthritis and non inflammatory arthritis e.g Osteoarthritis. In medical practice the inflammatory arthritis is generally associated with involvement of other systems of body e.g Rheumatoid Arthritis is associated sometimes with lung and heart involvement were as Osteoarthritis is generally not associated with other system involvements. Inflammatory arthritis is more severe than non inflammatory and needs proper treatment and assessment on regular basis at least once every three months. The image of hand of a patient with active inflammatory arthritis.