| SYMPTOMS- Pain and progressive stiffness without noticeable swelling, chills or fever during normal activities probably indicate the gradual onset of osteoarthritis.
- Painful swelling, inflammation, and stiffness in the arms, legs, wrists or fingers in the same joints on both sides of the body, especially on awakening, may be signs of rheumatoid arthritis.
- Fever, joint inflammation, tenderness, and sharp pain, sometimes accompanied by chills and associated with an injury or another illness, may indicate infectious arthritis.
- In children, intermittent fever, loss of appetite, weight loss, anemia, or blotchy rash on the arms and legs may signal juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.
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