Fever with swelling, pain, redness, or warmth in or around a joint
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Fever with swelling, pain, redness, or warmth in or around a joint
A fever and symptoms of infection in or around a joint may mean that a serious joint, bursa, or bone infection is present. Other symptoms may include:
- New swelling.
- Severe pain.
- Sudden redness.
- Warmth in or around a joint.
- Decreased movement of joints because of severe pain.
- Drainage of pus.
A fever and signs of infection around a joint needs immediate medical care.
Credits
| Author | Jan Nissl, RN, BS |
| Editor | Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA |
| Editor | Sydney Youngerman-Cole, RN, BSN, RNC |
| Associate Editor | Tracy Landauer |
| Primary Medical Reviewer | William M. Green, MD - Emergency Medicine |
| Specialist Medical Reviewer | Andrew Swan, MD, CCFP, FCFP - Family Medicine |
| Last Updated | April 24, 2007 |
| Last updated: | April 24, 2007 |
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| Author: | Jan Nissl, RN, BS |
| Reviewed By: | William M. Green, MD - Emergency Medicine, Andrew Swan, MD, CCFP, FCFP - Family Medicine |
| Editors: | Sydney Youngerman-Cole, RN, BSN, RNC, Tracy Landauer |
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