COVID-19: An Emerging Culprit of Inflammatory Arthritis
Arthralgia is one of the most common symptoms that occur in patients with COVID-19. About 15% of patients present with arthralgia at some point. Although COVID-19 seems to attack the musculoskeletal system (muscles and joints) in its infective and postinfective stage causing inflammatory arthritis,...
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| author | Muhammad Shariq Mukarram Muhammad Ishaq Ghauri Sehrish Sethar Nasir Afsar Amir Riaz Khizra Ishaq |
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| description | Arthralgia is one of the most common symptoms that occur in patients with COVID-19. About 15% of patients present with arthralgia at some point. Although COVID-19 seems to attack the musculoskeletal system (muscles and joints) in its infective and postinfective stage causing inflammatory arthritis, not much is known about the rheumatic manifestations of this infection. In this case series of 5 patients, we discuss the occurrence of bilaterally symmetrical polyarthritis in patients, previously free from any rheumatic disease, after encountering COVID-19 infection. The musculoskeletal manifestations in these patients phenotypically resembled rheumatoid arthritis. These patients were treated successfully with low-dose glucocorticoids and disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs). |
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| spelling | doaj-art-464b3831578c439fbb4961ee2a6f89fc2025-02-03T01:09:57ZengWileyCase Reports in Rheumatology2090-68892090-68972021-01-01202110.1155/2021/66103406610340COVID-19: An Emerging Culprit of Inflammatory ArthritisMuhammad Shariq Mukarram0Muhammad Ishaq Ghauri1Sehrish Sethar2Nasir Afsar3Amir Riaz4Khizra Ishaq5Department of Internal Medicine, Jinnah Medical College Hospital, Street 6, Sector 7-A, Korangi Industrial Area, Karachi, PakistanDepartment of Internal Medicine, Jinnah Medical College Hospital, Street 6, Sector 7-A, Korangi Industrial Area, Karachi, PakistanDepartment of Internal Medicine, Jinnah Medical College Hospital, Street 6, Sector 7-A, Korangi Industrial Area, Karachi, PakistanDepartment of Internal Medicine, Jinnah Medical College Hospital, Street 6, Sector 7-A, Korangi Industrial Area, Karachi, PakistanDepartment of Medicine, Liaqat National Hospital, Karachi, PakistanDepartment of Internal Medicine, Jinnah Medical College Hospital, Street 6, Sector 7-A, Korangi Industrial Area, Karachi, PakistanArthralgia is one of the most common symptoms that occur in patients with COVID-19. About 15% of patients present with arthralgia at some point. Although COVID-19 seems to attack the musculoskeletal system (muscles and joints) in its infective and postinfective stage causing inflammatory arthritis, not much is known about the rheumatic manifestations of this infection. In this case series of 5 patients, we discuss the occurrence of bilaterally symmetrical polyarthritis in patients, previously free from any rheumatic disease, after encountering COVID-19 infection. The musculoskeletal manifestations in these patients phenotypically resembled rheumatoid arthritis. These patients were treated successfully with low-dose glucocorticoids and disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs).http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/6610340 |
| spellingShingle | Muhammad Shariq Mukarram Muhammad Ishaq Ghauri Sehrish Sethar Nasir Afsar Amir Riaz Khizra Ishaq COVID-19: An Emerging Culprit of Inflammatory Arthritis Case Reports in Rheumatology |
| title | COVID-19: An Emerging Culprit of Inflammatory Arthritis |
| title_full | COVID-19: An Emerging Culprit of Inflammatory Arthritis |
| title_fullStr | COVID-19: An Emerging Culprit of Inflammatory Arthritis |
| title_full_unstemmed | COVID-19: An Emerging Culprit of Inflammatory Arthritis |
| title_short | COVID-19: An Emerging Culprit of Inflammatory Arthritis |
| title_sort | covid 19 an emerging culprit of inflammatory arthritis |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/6610340 |
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