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from:S e p t i c a r t h r i t i s , w h i c h i s a l s o k n o w n a s i n f e c t i o u s a r t h r i t i s , i s c a u s e d b y a n i n f e c t i o n i n o n e o r m o r e j o i n t s i n t h e b o d y . T h e s e i n f e c t i o n s a r e m o s t c o m m o n l y c a u s e d b y b a c t e r i a , b u t t h e y c a n a l s o b e c a u s e d b y a v i r u s o r f u n g u s . T h e s y m p t o m s a r e s i m i l a r t o o t h e r t y p e s o f a r t h r i t i s a n d u s u a l l y i n c l u d e i n t e n s e p a i n , i n f l a m m a t i o n a n d s w e l l i n g . T h e s e m a y s o m e t i m e s b e a c c o m p a n i e d b y c h i l l i n g a n d f e v e r . I f l e f t u n t r e a t e d , t h e p r o b l e m c o u l d b e c o m e c h r o n i c , m e a n i n g t h a t i t c o u l d l a s t f o r y e a r s . T h e c h r o n i c f o r m s o f s e p t i c a r t h r i t i s a r e r e l a t i v e l y r a r e , h o w e v e r .
S e p t i c a r t h r i t i s m i g h t b e f o u n d i n a n y j o i n t i n t h e b o d y , b u t i t m o s t o f t e n a f f e c t s t h e f i n g e r s , e l b o w s , w r i s t s , h i p s , k n e e s a n d s h o u l d e r s . I t c o m m o n l y o n l y a f f e c t s o n e j o i n t a t a t i m e , b u t i t c o u l d a f f e c t m o r e t h a n o n e . P e o p l e w h o h a v e e x p e r i e n c e d r e c e n t s e r i o u s j o i n t i n j u r i e s , s u r g e r i e s , o r j o i n t r e p l a c e m e n t s m a y b e m o s t l i k e l y t o s u f f e r s e p t i c a r t h r i t i s . P e o p l e w i t h b l o o d i n f e c t i o n s m a y a l s o b e m o r e p r o n e t o c o n t r a c t t h i s f o r m o f a r t h r i t i s . T h e i n f e c t e d b l o o d c a n c a r r y t h e b a c t e r i a q u i c k l y t h r o u g h o u t t h e b o d y .
O t h e r f a c t o r s t h a t c a n l e a d t o s e p t i c a r t h r i t i s a r e o l d a g e , a d i m i n i s h e d i m m u n e s y s t e m , d i a b e t e s , a n d e v e n o t h e r f o r m s o f d i a b e t e s .
Q u i c k d i a g n o s i s a n d t r e a t m e n t a l l o w f o r t h e b e s t p r o g n o s i s , s i n c e t h e d e s t r u c t i o n o f j o i n t s c a n o c c u r r e l a t i v e l y q u i c k l y . T e s t i n g i s d o n e f i r s t f o r d e t e r m i n i n g t h e s p e c i f i c c a u s e o f i n f e c t i o n , a n d d e c i d i n g w h i c h t r e a t m e n t w i l l b e m o s t e f f e c t i v e . C o n t i n u e d t e s t i n g d e t e r m i n e s h o w e f f e c t i v e t h e t r e a t m e n t i s a n d e n s u r e s t h a t t h e a f f e c t e d j o i n t s a r e b e n e f i t i n g . T e s t s w i l l l i k e l y i n c l u d e x r a y s , b l o o d c u l t u r e s , j o i n t f l u i d c u l t u r e s , a n d o t h e r b l o o d a n d f l u i d e v a l u a t i o n s .
S e p t i c a r t h r i t i s c a n b e t r e a t e d i n a v a r i e t y o f w a y s , b u t t h e r e i s a l w a y s a g o a l t o d e s t r o y t h e i n f e c t i o n a n d i t s c a u s e s , m a i n t a i n m o b i l i t y o f t h e j o i n t , r e l i e v e p a i n , r e d u c e p o t e n t i a l d a m a g e t o t h e j o i n t , a n d r e l i e v e p r e s s u r e a n d i n f l a m m a t i o n . S o m e t i m e s f l u i d i s r e m o v e d f r o m t h e a f f e c t e d a r e a t o r e d u c e p r e s s u r e . M e d i c a t i o n s , s u r g i c a l p r o c e d u r e s a n d p h y s i c a l t h e r a p y m a y a l s o b e u s e d .
A l w a y s n o t i f y y o u r p h y s i c i a n q u i c k l y i f y o u b e l i e v e t h a t y o u m a y b e s u f f e r i n g f r o m s e p t i c a r t h r i t i s . I t c o u l d m e a n t h e d i f f e r e n c e b e t w e e n a n o r m a l l y f u n c t i o n i n g j o i n t a n d p e r m a n e n t d a m a g e t h a t w i l l a f f l i c t y o u t h e r e s t o f y o u r l i f e .
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