Rheumatic fever can cause inflammation in the brain, heart, joints, or skin.

The ailment can cause abnormalities and weakness in bones and joints, eyes, the heart and blood vessels.

Sometimes the bacteria can penetrate into the body, causing potentially life-threatening infections in bones, joints, the bloodstream, heart valves and lungs.

Arthritis can cause swelling in joints, making them feel tender and sore.

It typically causes stiffness in joints on both sides of the body in the morning.

Osteoarthritis Osteoarthritis or degenerative joint disease (DJD) is a chronic disease causing cartilage in joints to wear.