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2. Rheumatoid arthritis - Wikipedia

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   Rheumatoid arthritis; A hand severely affected by rheumatoid arthritis. This degree of swelling and deformation does not typically occur with current treatment. Specialty: Rheumatology, Immunology: Symptoms: Warm, swollen, painful joints [1] Complications: Low red blood cells, inflammation around the lungs, inflammation around the heart [1 ...

3. Acquired hand deformity - Wikipedia

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   A diagram visualising the effect of rheumatoid arthritis on the joint. Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disorder characterised by the immune system's attack on healthy body cells, causing inflammation in multiple areas of the body. [29] In individuals with rheumatoid arthritis, the immune system specifically targets the synovium, a ...

4. Arthritis mutilans - Wikipedia

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   Although a 2011 research article stated that disagreements between hand surgeons and rheumatologists remain regarding the indications, timing and effectiveness of rheumatoid hand surgery, [15] arthritis mutilans may be successfully treated by iliac-bone graft and arthrodesis of the interphalangeal joints and the metacarpophalangeal joint in ...

5. Common Causes of Arthritis for Women (& How to Treat It) - AOL

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   People with arthritis typically have one or more joints that are: Painful or tender. ... Blood tests for specific markers of autoimmune diseases to verify lupus or rheumatoid arthritis symptoms.

6. Arthritis - Wikipedia

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   One of the main triggers of bone erosion in the joints in rheumatoid arthritis is inflammation of the synovium, caused in part by the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines and receptor activator of nuclear factor kappa B ligand (RANKL), a cell surface protein present in Th17 cells and osteoblasts. [78]

7. Your Gout Guide: From Symptoms to Treatment - AOL

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   This includes other types of inflammatory arthritis like RA, psoriatic arthritis, and septic arthritis. Gout can also appear similar to another condition called calcium pyrophosphate deposition ...

8. Ulnar deviation - Wikipedia

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   Ulnar deviation, also known as ulnar drift, is a hand deformity in which the swelling of the metacarpophalangeal joints (the big knuckles at the base of the fingers) causes the fingers to become displaced, tending towards the little finger. [1]

9. Swan neck deformity - Wikipedia

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   Swan neck deformity has many of possible causes arising from the DIP, PIP, or even the MCP joints. In all cases, there is a stretching of the volar plate at the PIP joint to allow hyperextension, plus some damage to the attachment of the extensor tendon to the base of the distal phalanx that produces a hyperflexed mallet finger.