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How is it Detected?
Bursitis can cause various symptoms:
- Pain and tenderness in or around a joint. This is the most common and obvious symptom of bursitis.
- Difficulty moving the affected joint. This occurs because the synovial capsule is inflamed, which hinders the movement of the joint.
- Redness of the skin. The inflamed capsule can cause a change of color in the surrounding skin.
- Burning. The irritation of the capsule can cause the skin to sting and warmer than usual.
What is Bursitis
Between the head and the toes of the feet, joints have many different shapes and sizes. Many have something in common near the joint area, a pouch made to fit each joint filled with a fluid called synovial fluid, which cushions the movement and pressure exerted on the joint, protecting it. These small cushions are called bursae (bursae in Latin).
When a capsule becomes irritated, either by a direct blow or because the nearest joint performs the same movement repeatedly (such as tennis serve), it can cause bursitis. Bursitis can also develop when the body has to change the balance or movement to accommodate the differences, for example, when a person has one leg longer than another.
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