Joint swelling

Joint swelling is mostly seen in rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatoid arthritis is an allergic disease that is one of the main manifestations of rheumatic fever. Acute fever and joint pain are usually manifested as mild or moderate fever. Inflammation, the affected joints are mostly large joints such as knees, ankles, shoulders, elbows, wrists, etc., often transferred from one joint to another, the lesions locally show redness, swelling, burning, and severe pain. Some patients also have several joints at the same time. The related pain is without other manifestations of inflammation. Acute inflammation usually subsides without sequelae within 2-4 weeks, but often recurs. If rheumatism affects the heart, myocarditis or even residual heart valve disease can occur.

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