Post Travel Arthritis

A problem that occurs during or after a trip does not necessarily need to have a causal connection with that trip. Articular symptoms occur frequently in tourists. The first question is whether these complaints are due trauma, strain, arthritis or arthrosis. Arthritis is accompanied by inflammatory symptoms. Arthrosis is a degenerative condition of the joints which occurs all over the world. It usually involves primary idiopathic arthrosis, though some cases are secondary (trauma, infection, …). If the condition is arthritis, a distinction should be made between a monoarthritis and a polyarthritis. Furthermore, it is important to know whether it involves an acute problem or a chronic disease. A few articular abnormalities unconnected with travel are also mentioned here, such as those that can be seen in adopted children.

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