Diagnosis of Infectious Arthritis
Diagnosis
If your doctor suspects that the joint symptoms are related to a bacterial infection, probably will draw fluid from the affected joint with a needle and make it a laboratory analysis. You may have blood and urine analysis. If your doctor thinks a sexually transmitted disease could be causing the problem, do a pelvic exam if a woman and man if you take a sample flow of the penis for analysis, as well as do a urinalysis.
The material extracted from urine and sent to a lab for analysis. We no analysis available to diagnose most viral diseases, but most of these viral diseases such as parvovirus, hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV, they are usually diagnosed with blood tests.
Duration
The duration of symptoms depends on the cause and how quickly treatment begins. Symptoms may improve within 24 hours after starting treatment. However, these may continue for weeks or months when related to Lyme disease, with many strains of bacteria or tuberculosis. If infection damages joints, symptoms may last a lifetime.