“Arthritis,” rheumatic diseases are autoimmune and inflammatory diseases that cause your immune system to attack your joints, muscles, bones, and organs. Rheumatic diseases, including most forms of arthritis and spondyloarthropathies (inflammatory spinal conditions), are usually painful, chronic, and progressive, which means they get worse over time.

Early diagnosis and treatment can slow the progression of many rheumatic diseases. There are more than 100 rheumatic diseases.

1: Fibromylagia  Fibromyalgia is a rheumatic disorder known for causing widespread pain, sleep problems, fatigue, and problems with memory or concentration.

2: Gout Gout is a form of arthritis characterized by the accumulation of urate crystals in a joint — often the large joint of your big toe — causing swelling and pain.

3: Infectious Arthritis A sudden and painful form of arthritis brought on by a viral or bacterial infection, infectious arthritis can quickly and permanently damage joints.

4: Lupus Lupus is a systemic autoimmune disease that occurs when your body’s immune system attacks your own tissues and organs, causing damage to joints and organs, per the Mayo Clinic.

5: Osteoarthritis (OA) The most common form of arthritis, OA is an age-related disease that destroys cartilage and bone, causing pain and in some cases disability.

6: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) An inflammatory type of arthritis affecting some people who have psoriasis, PsA primarily affects the skin and joints.

7: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) RA is an autoimmune and inflammatory disease that occurs when your immune system mistakenly attacks your own body’s tissues, causing painful swelling.

Signs and Symptoms of Rheumatic Diseases

Different types of rheumatic disease have different symptoms. The following are some of the most common symptoms of arthritis and rheumatic diseases.

• Joint Pain
• Swelling of a joint or joints
• Joint stiffness that lasts for at least one hour in the early morning
• Chronic pain or tenderness in a joint or joints
• Warmth or redness in a joint area
• Limited movement in an affected joint or joints
• Fatigue

Causes and Risk Factors of Rheumatic Diseases

• Genes and family history
• Environmental triggers
• Lifestyle choices
• Infection
• Trauma
• Metabolic problems
• Wear and tear or stress on a joint or joints