India, Feb. 22 -- Early morning, do your knees feel creakier and fingers stiffer than usual? Usually, they are shrugged off as something due to ageing. But while this is ageing, it may also point to something more serious, like inflammatory arthritis.ALSO READ: Pain in knees when you walk? Cult Fit founder shares 5 exercises to strengthen joints

HT Lifestyle reached out to Dr Vivek Dahiya, senior director, Orthopaedics at Medanta, Gurugram, to understand why inflammatory joint disease should not be dismissed, and how persistent and worsening joint discomfort could be an early warning sign of inflammatory arthritis- a group of autoimmune conditions that require timely diagnosis and treatment to prevent irreversible damage and maintain qua...