> Tom wrote and asked:
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> There are 100+ type of arthritis according to the Arthritis
> Foundation, and "plain old arthritis" is not one of them. <g>
LOL, yes report to the RD and take this list with you:
The Many Faces of Arthritis
Achilles tendinitis, Achondroplasia, Amyloidosis, Acromegalic
arthropathy, Adhesive capsulitis, Adult onset Still's disease,
Ankylosing spondylitis, Anserine bursitis, Arthrochalasis multiplex
congenita, Aseptic necrosis, Asymptomatic hyperuricemia, Avascular
necrosis,
Bacterial arthritis, Baker's cysts, Behcet's syndrome, Bicipital
tendinitis, Blount's disease, Bouchard's nodes, Boutonniere deformity,
Buchman's disease, Buerger's disease, Bursitis,
Calcaneal bursitis, Calcium pyrophosphate dehydrate (CPPD) crystal
deposition disease, Caplan's syndrome, Carpal tunnel syndrome,
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease Childhood dermatomyositis,
Chondrocalcinosis, Chondroma, Chondromalacia patellae, Chondromatosis,
Chronic overuse syndrome, Chronic polymyositis, Chronic recurrent
multifocal osteomyelitis, Churg-Strauss syndrome, Clawfoot, Clutton's
joints, Cogan's syndrome, Connective tissue disease,
Corticosteroid-induced osteoporosis, Costosternal syndrome, CREST
syndrome, Crohn's disease, Cryoglobulinemia, Degenerative joint
disease,
Dermatomyositis, Diabetic finger sclerosis, Diffuse articular
lipomatosis, Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH),
Discitis,
Discoid lupus erythematosus, Drug-induced lupus, Drug-induced
scleroderma-like disease, Duchenne's muscular dystrophy, Dupuytren's
contracture, Dwarfism,
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Enteropathic arthritis, Epicondylitis, Erosive
inflammatory osteoarthritis, Exercise-induced compartment syndrome,
Fabry's disease, Familial amyloidosis, Familial Mediterranean fever,
Farber's lipogranulomatosis, Felty's syndrome, Fibromyalgia, Fifth's
disease, Flatfeet, Foreign body synovitis, Freiberg's disease, Frozen
shoulder, Fungal arthritis,
Gaucher's disease, Giant cell arteritis, Gonococcal arthritis,
Goodpasture's syndrome, Gout, Granulomatous arteritis,
Heberden's nodes, Hemarthrosis, Hemochromatosis, Henoch-Schonlein
purpura, Hepatitis B surface antigen disease, Hidradenitis
suppurative,
Hip dysplasia, Hurler syndrome, Hypermobility syndrome,
Hypersensitvity
vasculitis, Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy,
Idiopathic osteonecrosis, Immune complex disease, Impingement
syndrome,
Jaccoud's arthropathy, Juvenile ankylosing spondylitis, Juvenile
chronic
polyarthritis, Juvenile dermatomyositis, Juvenile osteochondroses,
Kawasaki disease, Kienbock's disease,
Legg-Calve-Perthes disease, Lesch-Nyhan syndrome, Libman-Sacks
endocarditis, Lightchain disease, Liner scleroderma, Lipoid
dermatoarthritis, Loffler's syndrome, Lofgren's syndrome, Lyme
disease,
Malignant synovioma, Marfan's syndrome, Medial plica syndrome,
Metabolic
bone disease, Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD), Mixed
cryoglobulinemia, Morquio syndrome, Morton's neuroma, Mucha-Habertnan
disease, Multiple epiphyseal dysplasia, Munchausen's syndrome,
Myasthenia gravis, Mycoplasmal arthritis, Myofascial pain syndrome,
Neonatal lupus, Neuropathic arthropathy, Nodular panniculitis,
Ochronosis, Olecranon bursitis, Osgood-Schlatter disease, Osteitis
defortnans, Osteoarthritis, Osteochondromatosis, Osteogenesis
imperfecta
syndrome, Osteomalacia, Osteomyelitis, Osteonecrosis, Osteoporosis,
Overlap syndrome,
Pachydermoperiostosis, Paget's disease of bone, Palindromic
rheumatism,
Patellofemoral pain syndrome, Pellegrini--Stieda syndrome,
Periarticular
abnormalities, Peroneal tendinitis, Pigmented villonodular synovitis,
Piriformis syndrome, Plantar fasciitis, Polyarteritis nodosa,
Polymyalgia rheumatica, Polymyositis, Popliteal cysts, Popliteal
tendinitis, Posterior interosseous nerve syndrome, Posterior tibial
tendinitis, Pott's disease, Prepatellar bursitis, Progressive systemic
sclerosis, Prosthetic joint infection, Pseudogout, Pseudo-Hurler
polydystrophy, Pseudohypoparathyroidism, Pseudoxanthoma elasticum,
Psoriatic arthritis, Pyogenic arthritis,
Raynaud's phenomenon, Reactive arthritis/Reiter's syndrome, Reflex
sympathetic dystrophy syndrome, Relapsing polychondritis, Renal
osteodystrophy, Retrocalcaneal bursitis, Rheumatic fever, Rheumatoid
arthritis, Rheumatoid vasculitis, Riley-Day syndrome, Ross River
virus,
Rotator cuff tendinitis,
Sacroiliitis, Saddle nose deformity, Salmonella osteomyelitis,
Sanfilippo syndrome, Sarcoidosis, Saturnine gout, Scheie syndrome,
Scheuermann's osteochondritis, Scleroderma, Septic arthritis,
Seronegative arthritis, Shigella arthritis, Shoulder-hand syndrome,
Sicca complex, Sickle cell arthropathy, Sjogren's syndrome, Skeletal
dysplasias, Slipped capital femoral epiphysis, Sly syndrome, Spinal
stenosis, Spondylolysis, Sporotrichosis Arthritis, Stickler syndrome,
Still's disease, Sub-Achilles bursitis, Subacute cutaneous lupus, Swan
neck deformity, Sweet's syndrome, Sydenham's chorea, Syphilitic
arthritis, Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE),
Takayasu's arteritis, Tarsal tunnel syndrome, Temporal arteritis,
Tendinitis, Tennis elbow, Thoracic outlet syndrome, Tietse's syndrome,
Toxic oil syndrome, Transient osteoporosis, Traumatic arthritis,
Trochanteric bursitis, Tuberculosis arthritis,
Arthritis of Ulcerative colitis, Undifferentiated connective tissue
syndrome (UCTS), Urticarial vasculitis, syndrome,
Vasculitis, Viral arthritis, VonGierke's disease, VonWillebrand's
disease,
Weber-Christian disease, Wegener's granulomatosis, Whipple's disease,
Wilson's disease, Yersinial arthritis.
ask him if we missed any?
--
Andy