What is arthritis?

Arthritis is a rather insidious disease of the joints of the arms and legs, which are sick of people of all ages. If this disease cannot be treated in the initial stage, then arthritis can lead to ugly joint deformation and complete disability of a person.

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Signs of arthritis

Almost all joint diseases are characterized by the same signs. Only a very competent doctor can make the correct diagnosis and prescribe treatment for arthritis. If you have the following symptoms, then you should think about visiting the clinic:

• swelling of the joints;
• redness of the skin in the area of \u200b\u200bthe Sudyes;
• acute pain in any physical exertion and even with ordinary walking;
• not stopping aching pain throughout the day, especially in the cold season;
• fever or fever in combination with one or more symptoms listed.

The revealed arthritis is not in time leads to the fact that over time the disease extends to the tendons, ligaments and muscles. The ligaments are inflamed, the tendons are thinning, the muscles become lethargic and very pain.

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Varieties of arthritis

It is generally accepted that only older people can hurt arthritis, but this is a very deep error. This disease sometimes affects even young children, not to mention people of young and middle age. In each case, arthritis can have a completely different nature and is also called differently: it is also called:

• Rheumatoid arthritis - The most common species and they are mostly ill with those people who are diagnosed with rheumatism. A characteristic feature of rheumatoid arthritis is a symmetrical damage to the joints on the legs or arms or on all limbs at once. The disease begins with general weakness and a slight increase in temperature. After some time, joints begin to swell in a person and they become painful. The pain is especially noticeable at night, but by morning it usually subsides. If this arthritis is not treated, then in the future, visible small cones that remain for life form in the area of \u200b\u200bthe joints. Most of these formations grow on fingertips. The launched rheumatoid arthritis is also characterized by numbness of the fingers, a harsh in the eyes and photophobia.
• Arthritis reactive - The second most previous view. This type of disease is more swift. A person experiences slight weakness for several days, and then his temperature rises sharply and one joint swells. Further, soreness of urination and eye inflammation (conjunctivitis) joins the soreness of the joint. At the same time, the patient begins to get a lot of head.
• Arthritis is infectious. It suddenly occurs from a quick raising of temperature to critical marks and signs of complete intoxication of the body. All muscles begin to hurt a person, he cannot hear the smell of food, and even more so there is something. On the very first day of the disease, it swifts very much and redder of any of the joints and the pain in a few hours from the joint spreads to the nearby muscles. It intensifies at the slightest movement of the body, so the patient strives to take a lying position and not at all move with his hands or legs. Such an acute course of disease is mainly in children. In adults, the picture is slightly lubricated and the doctor can take this type of arthritis for some other.
• Arthritis associated with gout. Gout is an age disease when, for an elderly person, for one reason or another, the joints were already very deformed. An attack of arthritis in this case may occur due to violations in nutrition or due to another disease. Putting violation is a one -time intake of a large number of meat products or alcohol. Arthritis also leads to this type of human disease with influenza or acute respiratory viral infections. The attack of gouty arthritis can last several days and then, even without the use of special medicines, leave. When an attack, the patient also inflams one or more joints and the pain in them is enhanced at night.
• Psoriatic arthritis - The most insidious and very difficult to treat the type of disease. Only those people who are diagnosed with immunity-juicy disease called “psoriasis” are sick with this arthritis. Arthritis treatment should take place in a complex along with the treatment of psoriasis. And since the latter is practically incurable, it is very difficult to get rid of psoriatic arthritis. Diseases begins with the fact that on the skin of a person, mainly near the edge of the hair, dry peeling spots appear. They gradually capture more and large areas, crossing the neck, back, shoulders and all hands. Further, these spots begin to itch hard and get sick. Then, the patient dries and breaks the nails, and the fingertips burst and bleed. The final result of psoriasis can be arthritis of the joints of the fingers. In this case, wounds in his hands become his pathogen. Psoriatic arthritis is manifested by the strongest morning swelling of the fingers, which in shape resemble thick sausages.
• Osteoarthritis. The name comes from the word “osteochondrosis”, in which salt accumulates in the joints and vertebrae and prevent a person from moving freely. Osteoarthritis affects the joints of the fingers and is characterized by a crunch of these joints. There is almost no swelling and pain, but if any other appearance does not join in this type of arthritis.
• Arthritis is traumatic. Even from the name it is clear that this type of arthritis can occur with any advanced joint injury or with constant physical exertion. It is characterized by swelling, redness, hot skin in the area of \u200b\u200bthe sore joint.

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The causes of arthritis

There are a lot of reasons for this disease:

• Other chronic concomitant diseases: rheumatism, gout, psoriasis, tuberculosis.
• Seasonal colds and inflammation.
• Unstable nutrition.
• Constant hypothermia of the body.
• Large physical activity.
• Hereditary factor.
• Weak immune system.
• The bites of snakes or some insects whose poison can affect the whole body.

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Diagnosis of arthritis

In case of any suspicion of arthritis, it is necessary to contact a profile specialist, and not self -medication. You can start with an orthopedist that treats any diseases of the bone system, or ordinary therapist. Those, in turn, can direct the patient to the rheumatologist, an infectious disease specialist and even a nutritionist. This or that type of arthritis is diagnosed by:

• Special detailed blood and urine tests.
• The results of X -ray and ultrasound.
• A detailed survey of the patient.
• Visual examination of the joints.

In time, the treatment has begun leads to the complete cure of the patient, but the treatment of this disease is quite long. First, with injection and tablets, inflammation of the joints is removed, and then other types of treatment are also connected. These are: water vortex procedures, various physiotherapy, thermal procedures in the form of paraffin or mud, therapeutic gymnastics. The final stage is usually rehabilitation in the sanatorium.