Joint Stiffness
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Seek professional care if you experience any of the following symptoms

• Muscle weakness in the limbs

• Difficulty breathing / breathlessness

• Gross hematuria

• Swelling of the affected area

• Low back pain

• Recent weight loss

• Fever

• Disorder of consciousness

• Fainting with loss of consciousness

• Altered mental status (delirium)

• Numbness / sensory disorder

• Repeated fever above 38 ℃

• Dysphagia

• Impossible to walk normally

• Shoulder periarthritis

  Also known as "frozen shoulder". This condition is caused by inflammation of the ligaments and capsule around the shoulder joint. As the disease progresses, patients find it increasingly difficult to move the shoulder joint. Risk factors include diabetes, thyroid conditions, age, and injury to the joint.

• Rheumatoid arthritis (RA)

  An inflammatory disease affecting multiple joints, particularly in the hands and feet. The cause is autoimmunity (body's immune system attacking itself).

• Fibromyalgia

  A condition causing widespread pain and muscle aches throughout the body. The cause is not well understood.

• Chronic pain
• Lumbar vertebrae disk herniation
• Shingles
• Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
• Sjogren syndrome

• Malignant syndrome

  Also known as neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS), it is a rare and serious reaction to certain medications. Symptoms usually begin within hours to days after exposure to the medication but can sometimes occur up to a month after starting it. Common causative medications include antipsychotics and occasionally drugs used to treat or prevent vomiting, Parkinson's disease, etc. Symptoms include dangerously high body temperature, muscular rigidity, and severe agitation and altered mental status.