Diseases of the joints, muscles and connective tissue (rheumatology)

Ostit

Osteitis (from the Greek osteon, meaning "bone") is a disease characterized by inflammatory processes in bone tissue.

Mostly, inflammation in the shoulder area begins with the tendon bursa (tendobursitis) or the shoulder joint sheath (tenosynovitis, tendovaginitis) and only then spreads to the tendon itself - this pathology is diagnosed as tendinitis of the shoulder joint.

Big toe bursitis

Bursitis of the big toe, or in other words, an inflammatory process of the joint bag, is one of the most common diseases of the musculoskeletal system.

Periostitis of the tibia

Periostitis of the leg can be acute, subacute or protracted over a long period of time. In addition, the following forms of pathology should be distinguished, the division of which is based on the causal factor, structural changes and clinical manifestations of the disease.

Symptoms of bursitis

As a rule, the symptoms of bursitis depend on the nature and degree of the inflammatory reaction in the joint capsule. We will talk about the main, most characteristic symptoms in this article.

Myositis treatment

Myositis can affect any muscle groups, so it would be useful to clarify whether there are differences in the treatment of myositis of different localizations. Let's also consider the treatment of myositis at home using traditional medicine.

Hip synovitis.

Synovitis of the hip joint is not as common as, for example, the knee or elbow, but it is necessary to know something about this disease.

Myositis in a child

Myositis in a child – just like myositis in an adult – is an inflammatory disease of the skeletal muscles in the neck, chest or back.

Bursitis of the foot

Bursitis of the foot is an extremely unpleasant disease, the cause of which is an inflammatory process affecting the synovial joint bags of the joints on the feet. Bursitis of the foot is usually divided into several subtypes depending on the damage to a particular joint.

Achilles tendon tendonitis.

Achilles tendonitis is an inflammation of the Achilles tendon. There are three forms of this disease...