What are the types of shoulder bursitis?

What are the types of shoulder bursitis?

The different types of shoulder bursitis include:

• Chronic: Repeat injuries or repeated incidents of acute bursitis can cause chronic shoulder bursitis. It’s the most common type of shoulder bursitis. You may have periods without symptoms and then have symptom flare-ups (return of symptoms) that last several months. Over time, this ongoing inflammation can cause arm and shoulder weakness. Many people learn how to adapt to the pain (term accommodation). This may lead to other regional pain (think different area of the shoulder, neck or elbow pain).
• Acute: This type comes on suddenly, often from an accident or injury. Touching or moving the shoulder causes pain.
• Infectious (septic): In rare cases, bacterial infections like staph infections cause infectious (septic) shoulder bursitis. The shoulder may look red or purple and feel warm to the touch. In this rare case, you may have a fever and feel sick. You may have severe shoulder pain.