Inflammatory rheumatism


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(Med.) acute rheumatism attended with fever, and attacking usually the larger joints, which become swollen, hot, and very painful.

See also: Rheumatism

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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Nearly 5% of patients with chronic post-chikungunya arthritic syndrome end up suffering from chronic inflammatory rheumatism of which rheumatoid arthritis and spondyloarthropathy are most common.
However, a certain proportion of patients later present with sub-chronic and chronic signs and symptoms, such as chronic inflammatory rheumatism with incapacitating and recurring episodes of polyarthritis and polyarthralgia (5, 6).
Hurtado-Zapata, "Prevalence of post-Chikungunya chronic inflammatory rheumatism: a systematic review and meta-analysis," Arthritis Care & Research, vol.
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