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What disease causes inflamed joints?
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Inflamed joints: There are many types of inflammatory arthropathies. The most common one you may have heard of is rheumatoid arthritis. Osteoarthritis can also cause an inflamed, swollen joint.
Answered 1/4/2017
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4 kinds: Degeneration (osteoarthritis), autoimmune disease like rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis, infections like lyme and parvovirus, and crystals like gout and pseudogout. Rarely others like bleeding or tumors.
Answered 7/4/2014
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