label: Symmetric polyarthritis
label_lc: symmetric polyarthritis
description: "Polyarthritis refers to a joint disease that involves at least five joints. One or more signs of inflammation, including pain, movement restriction, swelling, warmth, and redness, are seen in the joints involved. Polyarthritis is defined as symmetric if at least half of the joints involved are affected in a symmetric (i.e., both right and the left) fashion."