What are the different types of hand and wrist arthritis?
As discussed above, the two main categories include the arthritis associated with inflammatory disease such as rheumatoid arthritis and with the frequently strong genetic history and the more much more common but less world defined osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis rarely affects the soft tissues such as the tendons although joint ligaments can be damaged as the joints become deformed. In rheumatoid arthritis, soft tissue damage is one of the hallmarks and frequently there is tendon rupture causing a loss of hand. What else might be confused with or similar to hand and wrist arthritis? How can these be distinguished from the condition?The key feature is that there are a number of patterns of arthritis that can occur and can have a different effect on the patient. Some types of arthritis that are caused by the deposition of crystals in the joints such as gout and pseudogout. In gout, the crystals are formed from material called uric acid and in pseudogout; they are formed from crystals cal
