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Ankle Osteoarthritis Symptoms

Ankle osteoarthritis pain may be accompanied by stiffness and swelling and may even affect walking gait.

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Total Hip Replacement Surgery Animation

A total hip replacement, also called total hip arthroplasty, is a surgery to replace a damaged hip joint with an artificial hip implant.

Medical illustration of a hand with rheumatoid arthritis symptoms, including swelling and marginal erosion in the joints

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Hand Pain and Rheumatoid Arthritis

Certain hand joints are more susceptible to rheumatoid arthritis. Inflammation and stiffness occur when the immune system attacks a joint's synovial membrane.

$New bone formed as a result of calcification caused by ankylosing spondylitis is weak, and therefore more susceptible to stress fractures.$

Ankylosing Spondylitis

Ankylosing spondylitis is a type of inflammatory arthritis that affects the spine and sacroiliac joints and causes low back pain and progressive spinal stiffness.