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Bookmark or Share- Knee pain - Symptoms and causes - Mayo ClinicLoose body. Sometimes injury or degeneration of bone or cartilage can cause a piece of bone or cartilage to break off and float in the joint space. This may not create any problems unless the loose body interferes with knee joint movement, in which case the effect is something like a pencil caught in a door hinge. Iliotibial band syndrome.
- Arthritis - Symptoms and causes - Mayo ClinicRheumatoid arthritis is a disease in which the immune system attacks the joints, beginning with the lining of joints. Arthritis is the swelling and tenderness of one or more joints. The main symptoms of arthritis are joint pain and stiffness, which typically worsen with age.
- Ehlers-Danlos syndrome - Symptoms and causes - Mayo ClinicComplications depend on the types of signs and symptoms you have. For example, overly flexible joints can result in joint dislocations and early-onset arthritis. Fragile skin may develop prominent scarring. People who have vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome are at risk of often fatal ruptures of major blood vessels.
- Bone and joint problems associated with diabetes - Mayo ClinicLimited joint mobility, also called diabetic hand syndrome or diabetic cheiroarthropathy, is stiffness of the joints most often affecting the small joints of the hands. The skin on the hands may become waxy and thickened. Eventually finger movement is limited. Other joints can be affected, including the shoulders, feet and ankles.
- Sacroiliitis - Symptoms and causes - Mayo ClinicA sudden impact, such as a motor vehicle accident or a fall, can damage the sacroiliac joints. Arthritis. Wear-and-tear arthritis, also known as osteoarthritis, can occur in sacroiliac joints. So can a type of arthritis that affects the spine, known as ankylosing spondylitis. Pregnancy. The sacroiliac joints loosen and stretch for childbirth.
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