3. Improper Inflammatory Treatments
Inflammation describes a bodily immune system reaction that can happen anywhere in the body: If you didn’t know it, arthritis is one kind of inflammation – and technically, so is bursitis. A fever is also commonly caused due to inflammation, and there are many people who develop a fever as a symptom when they have arthritis or bursitis inflammation.
What can this help to tell your doctor?
Should regular anti-inflammatory treatments have little to no effect on the joint inflammation that you are experiencing, it might tell your doctor that you have bursitis instead of “just” arthritis or a similar inflammatory condition.
Bursitis can require different treatment than traditional forms of inflammation that affects the joints with certain chronic conditions or injuries: If your current treatment isn’t working, speak to your doctor. You might have bursitis instead – and this gives your doctor the opportunity to adapt your treatment to something that might work much better.