'''Artritis''' is 'n term wat verwys na versteurings wat gewrigte affekteer.<ref name=NIH2014>{{Webaanhalingcite web |title=Arthritis and Rheumatic Diseases |url=http://www.niams.nih.gov/Health_Info/Arthritis/arthritis_rheumatic.asp |website=NIAMS |accessdateaccess-date=14 September 2016 |date=Oktober 2014 |deadurllanguage=noen |archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2016100418340820170730144353/httphttps://www.niams.nih.gov/Health_Info/Arthritis/arthritis_rheumatic.asp |archivedatearchive-date=430 OctoberJulie 20162017 |url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Twee bekende vorme van artritis is [[osteoartritis]] en [[gewrigsrumatiek]]. Simptome oor die algemeen sluit gesamentlike pyn en styfheid in. Ander simptome kan rooiheid, warmte, swelling en verminderde bewegingsbereik van die gewrigte insluit.<ref name=CDC2016>{{Webaanhalingcite web |title=Arthritis Types |url=https://www.cdc.gov/arthritis/basics/types.html |website=CDC |accessdateaccess-date=14 September 2016 |date=Junie 22, 2016 |deadurllanguage=noen |archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2016091402465120200422014450/httphttps://www.cdc.gov/arthritis/basics/types.html |archivedatearchive-date=1422 SeptemberApril 20162020 |url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> In sommige vorms daarvan word die organe ook geraak. Aanvang kan geleidelik of skielik wees.
