It can, the inflammation causes increase pressure on nerves, causing numbness in arm/fingertips
It may cause symptoms identical to bursitis
Inflammation causes pain on movement.
Bursitis can be caused by a number of different things including Rheumatoid arthritis.
When a patient has such a serious infection, there may be underlying causes. There could be undiscovered diabetes, or an inefficient immune system caused by human immunodeficiency virus infection...