Prognosis
Many patients with acute CPP arthritis can expect significant improvement in their symptoms over days and weeks. An unknown percentage, however, will have recurrent disease.
Patients with chronic CPP arthritis often have chronic joint pain and loss of function despite treatment. Similar to osteoarthritis, if there is severe joint damage, little can be done to restore normal joint function and reduce pain. Some patients may be candidates for joint replacement surgery.[11]
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