Friends and colleagues gathered to applaud worthy winners across seven categories – and recognise the creativity and dedication which underpin the whole sector’s contribution to the economy, to society and to customers, staff and stakeholders. The Red Death symbolizes the inevitability of death. Although there is no specific disease using the exact symptoms described in the story, critics believe the disease's description has aspects of tuberculosis, an illness which killed a lot of all-around Poe. It also brings forth memories in the Black Death which depopulated high of Europe in the Middle Ages. Rheumatic diseases often involve pain, pain, stiffness and swelling, as well as swelling around one or more joints. Symptoms can appear gradually or suddenly. Some rheumatism also includes the immune system and various internal organs of the body.