The Various Arthritis Symptoms

There are many types of Arthritis. Over a 100 in fact, but the most common ones are Rheumatoid Arthritis, Ankylosing Spondylitis Arthritis, Psoriatic Arthritis, and Septic arthritis.

Rheumatoid Arthritis symptoms include joint swelling, red & puffy hands, fatigue, fever, joint pain, experiencing pain just by touching the joints, weight loss, firm bumps of tissue can be found under the skin of a person’s arm, and morning stiffness that is still there after one hour. This form of arthritis affects the person’s smaller joints including feet, ankles, hands, and wrists. Other joints including neck, jaws, hips, knees, elbows and shoulders are affected as the disease progresses. The symptoms affect joints on both sides. That means if your wrist is paining than the wrists on both sides will experience pain. These symptoms sometime have the habit of coming and going.

Ankylosing Spondylitis Arthritis symptoms include stiffness or pain in the lower back. This stiffness or pain usually appears after the person has been idle for long periods or when the person gets up in the morning. Fever, weight loss, fatigue and loss of appetite are other symptoms of this form of arthritis.

Psoriatic Arthritis symptoms include foot pain, swollen toes and fingers, and lower back pain. This type of arthritis affects points where ones ligaments and tendons attach themselves to the bone including Achilles tendonitis. In the case of swollen toes and fingers, the toes and fingers swell and look sausage like and are very painful. Swelling and deformation in both the feet and hands of a person can take place before the significant joint symptoms appear. This kind of arthritis may result in the development of spondylitis in certain people.