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  2. Septic arthritis - Wikipedia

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    Acute septic arthritis, infectious arthritis, suppurative arthritis, pyogenic arthritis, [4] osteomyelitis, or joint infection is the invasion of a joint by an infectious agent resulting in joint inflammation. Generally speaking, symptoms typically include redness, heat and pain in a single joint associated with a decreased ability to move the ...

  3. Ankle problems - Wikipedia

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    Ankle pain may be symptomatic of inflammation of, or injury to, any of the tissues present in the region, including the joint space, cartilage, tendons, ligaments, bones, and muscles. Ankle pain may be associated with the following symptoms: [1] swelling. bruising. redness. numbness or tingling. instability. burning pain.

  4. Osteomyelitis - Wikipedia

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    Osteomyelitis. Osteomyelitis (OM) is an infection of bone. [1] Symptoms may include pain in a specific bone with overlying redness, fever, and weakness. [1] The long bones of the arms and legs are most commonly involved in children e.g. the femur and humerus, [7] while the feet, spine, and hips are most commonly involved in adults.

  5. Arthralgia - Wikipedia

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    Joint Pain. Specialty. Rheumatology. Arthralgia (from Greek arthro- 'joint' and -algos 'pain') literally means ' joint pain '. [1][2] Specifically, arthralgia is a symptom of injury, infection, illness (in particular arthritis), or an allergic reaction to medication. [3]

  6. Dracunculiasis - Wikipedia

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    Dracunculiasis, also called Guinea-worm disease, is a parasitic infection by the Guinea worm, Dracunculus medinensis. A person becomes infected by drinking water contaminated with Guinea-worm larvae that reside inside copepods (a type of small crustacean). Stomach acid digests the copepod and releases the Guinea worm, which penetrates the ...

  7. Enthesitis - Wikipedia

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    Enthesitis is inflammation of the entheses (singular: enthesis), the sites where tendons, ligaments and joint capsules attach to bones. [1] [2] It is a type of enthesopathy, meaning any pathologic condition of the entheses, with or without inflammation. There are some cases of isolated, primary enthesitis which are very poorly studied and ...

  8. Ankle fracture - Wikipedia

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    An ankle fracture is a break of one or more of the bones that make up the ankle joint. [ 1 ] Symptoms may include pain, swelling, bruising, and an inability to walk on the injured leg. [ 1 ] Complications may include an associated high ankle sprain, compartment syndrome, stiffness, malunion, and post-traumatic arthritis. [ 1 ][ 2 ]

  9. Diseases of the foot - Wikipedia

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    Diseases of the foot. Flatfoot in a 55-year-old woman with ankle and knee arthritis. Vascular ischemia of the toes with the characteristic cyanosis. Chilblains, also called perniosis. Bunion and hammer toe. Foot disease in a Ziguinchor hospital, Senegal, 1973. Athlete's foot, a fungal infection. Diseases of the foot generally are not limited ...

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