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Causes

Common Causes

• Osteoarthritis
• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Lupus erythematosus
• Henoch-Schönlein purpura
• Psoriatic arthritis
• Reactive arthritis
• Haemochromatosis
• Hepatitis
• Wegener's granulomatosis (and many other vasculitis syndromes)
• Lyme disease
• Familial Mediterranean fever
• Hyperimmunoglobulinemia D with recurrent fever
• TNF receptor associated periodic syndrome
• Inflammatory bowel disease (Including Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis)

Causes by Organ System

Cardiovascular	Dressler syndrome , Rheumatic Fever
Chemical/Poisoning	No underlying causes
Dental	No underlying causes
Dermatologic	Erythema Nodosum, Familial cold urticaria, Lipoid dermatoarthritis , Psoriatic arthritis , Pyoderma gangrenosum
Drug Side Effect	Amphotericin B , Bismuth , Carbimazole , Ciprofloxacin , Dabrafenib , Deferiprone , Doxycycline , Drug-induced systemic lupus erythematosus , Interleukin 2 , Isotretinoin , Methimazole , Methylphenidate , Mianserin , Nalidixic acid , Nateglinide , Norfloxacin , Penicillamine , Propylthiouracil , Pyrazinamide , Rasagiline , Trastuzumab , Zotepine
Ear Nose Throat	No underlying causes
Endocrine	Acromegaly , Diabetes Mellitus
Environmental	Frostbite
Gastroenterologic	celiac (sprue) disease , Crohn's Disease , Enteropathic arthritis , Hemarthrosis , Pancreatic carcinoma , Pancreatitis , ulcerative colitis , Whipple’s disease , Wilson disease
Genetic	No underlying causes
Hematologic	Haemophilia type A , Hemoglobinopathies , Hyperglobulinemic Purpura , Hyperimmunoglobulinemia D and periodic fever syndrome , Hypogammaglobulinemia , Leukemia , Lymphoma , Multiple Myeloma , Sickle cell disease , Von Willenbrand's Disease
Iatrogenic	Graft versus host disease , intestinal bypass surgery , Renal dialysis
Infectious Disease	Acute viral polyarthritis , Adenoviruses , Alphaviruses , Arboviruses , Bacterial Endocarditis , Borrelia burgdorferi , Chikungunya virus , Cytomegalovirus , Dengue virus , Echovirus , Enterobacteriaceae , Coxsackie Virus ,Epstein-Barr viral syndrome, Escherichia coli, Fungal infection, Gonococcus, Gram-Negative Bacilli, Haemophilus influenzae, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B , Hepatitis C , Herpes simplex virus , HIV , Infectious arthritis , Influenza (flu) , Lepromatous leprosy , Lyme disease , Mayaro virus fever , Measles , Mumps , Mycoplasma pneumoniae , Neisseria gonorrhoeae , Osteomyelitis , Parasitic infection , Parvovirus B19-associated arthritis , Pneumococcus , Queensland tick typhus , Rickettsial infection , Ross River virus , Rubella virus infection , Secondary syphilis , Sindbis virus , Staphylococcus , Streptobacillary rat bite fever , Streptococcus , Tuberculosis , Varicella Zoster Virus , West Nile fever
Musculoskeletal/Orthopedic	No underlying causes
Neurologic	No underlying causes
Nutritional/Metabolic	Alkaptonuria , Calcium oxalate , Fabry's Disease , Gaucher's Disease , Glycogenosis type 1a , Haemochromatosis , Hyperlipoproteinemia , Storage Disease
Obstetric/Gynecologic	No underlying causes
Oncologic	No underlying causes
Ophthalmologic	No underlying causes
Overdose/Toxicity	No underlying causes
Psychiatric	No underlying causes
Pulmonary	No underlying causes
Renal/Electrolyte	No underlying causes
Rheumatology/Immunology/Allergy	Kawasaki disease , Microscopic polyangiitis , Polyarteritis nodosa , Takayasu arteritis
Sexual	No underlying causes
Trauma	Injury , Fracture , Meniscal tear
Urologic	No underlying causes
Miscellaneous	No underlying causes

Causes in Alphabetical Order

Acromegaly Acute tropical polyarthritis Alpha-interferon induced Alphaviruses Amyloidosis Ankylosing spondylitis Anticoagulant therapy Arboviruses Bacterial Endocarditis Behcet's Syndrome Calcium oxalate Calcium/phosphate crystals Crohn's Disease Degenerative joint disease Dermatomyositis Diabetes Mellitus Enterobacteriaceae Enteroviruses Epstein-Barr Virus Erythema Nodosum Fabry's Disease Familial Mediterranean Fever Foreign body Fungal infection Gaucher's Disease Gonococcus Gout Gram-Negative Bacilli Haemophilus influenzae Hemangioma Hemarthrosis Hemochromatosis

Hemoglobinopathies Hemophilia Henoch-Schonlein Purpura Hepatitis A Hepatitis B Hepatitis C HIV Hydroxyapatite Hyperglobulinemic Purpura Hyperlipoproteinemia Hypogammaglobulinemia Hypothyroidism Hypotrophic osteoarthropathy Intermittent hydrarthrosis Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis Leukemia Loose joint body Lyme Arthritis Lymphoma Mixed Connective Tissue Disease Multiple Myeloma Mumps Neisseria gonorrhoeae Pallindromic rheumatism Pancreatic carcinoma Pancreatitis Parasitic infection Parvovirus B19 Pigmented villondular synovitis Pneumococcus Polyarteritis Nodosa Polymyalgia Rheumatica

Polymyositis Pseudogout Psoriasis Radiation Reiter's Syndrome Relapsing polychondritis Renal transplant Rheumatic Fever Rheumatoid arthritis Rickettsial infection Rubella Sarcoma Scleroderma Septic Arthritis Serum sickness Sjogren's Syndrome Staphylococcus Storage Disease Streptococcus Syringomyelia Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Tabes Dorsalis Tietze's Syndrome Trauma Tuberculosis Ulcerative colitis Varicella Zoster Virus Von Willenbrand's Disease Wegener's Granulomatosis Whipple's Disease Wilson's Disease