Arthritis

Arthritis's disease overview

What is

arthritis ? Arthritis is a common term of all disorders that affect the structure and operation of the joints. This is a common disease, causing many difficulties in living and labor due to pain. The most common sign of arthritis is to limit the movement of joints and pain in the joints. Other symptoms may be swollen, hot, red at joints and stiff muscles related to joints. There are about 100 types of arthritis, which can be merely arthritis or arthritis that affects other organs. The two most common types of arthritis are: osteoarthritis (OA) and rheumatoid arthritis (out).

osteoarthritis: Osteoarthritis is the most common type of arthritis. The main lesions of osteoarthritis is articular cartilage-cartilage that covers the tip of the bone tip that plays a role in reducing friction and ensures that the bone tip can easily slide on each other when exercising. So when osteoarthritis makes it difficult for joints to move, deforms even bones deviate from normal position. The joints often have inflammation are the joints of the hands, spine, knees, and hips. This disease usually appears in middle age, especially from 40 years of age. However, osteoarthritis can also be encountered in young people, especially after joint injuries.

Rheumatoid arthritis: This is a disease related to the body's immune system, the first lesions in rheumatoid arthritis is the epidemic membranes, then disturbing other components in joint. Subjects often suffering from rheumatoid arthritis are women over 40 years old.

Causes of Arthritis's disease

arthritis includes many different types, each will have its own cause but can be divided into two groups of causes:

  • Causes in joints: Commonly seen such as cartilage, degeneration, cartilage erosion, joint infections, joint injuries ..

    • Osteoarthritis causes: Commonly caused by metabolic disorders (increased uric acid in gout), abnormalities of the immune system that causes damage to the ingredients in the joints (inflammatory disease rheumatism) These conditions affect the activity and structure of the joints from there causing arthritis.

    Symptoms of Arthritis's disease

    Signs of arthritis depending on the position of arthritis and arthritis, the warning symptoms you may have arthritis include:

  • joint pain, may be painful when exercising or even when not moving.
  • Limiting the movement of the joints, most of the limited cases with pain, but may also have a simple restriction.
    • swelling and stiffness: Common in acute arthritis diseases.
  • Local inflammation or area around the joints.

    • Red skin around the joints.

    Crouching when moving joints, common and morning.

  • Symptoms of the joints can be included such as fever, rash or itching, shortness of breath, weight loss ... These symptoms can also be a sign of another disease .

    • People at risk for Arthritis's disease

  • Age: Although arthritis can be encountered in both children, the elderly has a higher incidence of arthritis diseases, mostly due to the effects of metabolic and product disorders. Capacitance for prolonged injuries.
    • gender: Arthritis affects more women than men. Occupation: Severe labor jobs, sitting for a long position in a posture, mobilizing the wrong posture with higher incidence of arthritis.
  • Trauma: Trauma at joints can cause acute arthritis at that time or increase the risk of arthritis later.
    • Overweight: Increases the pressure on joints, thereby causing arthritis or accelerating the existing inflammatory process at the joints.

    Metabolic disorders: affecting the nourishment of the joints of the joints and the appearance of abnormal components in the joints.

    Immune system diseases and some genetic disorders may also increase the risk of joint diseases.

    Prevention of Arthritis's disease

    arthritis is not always preventive, but the following measures will help reduce the risk and control arthritis better:

  • Exercise: Different physical subjects can be selected depending on and age and specific conditions.
  • Maintain weight within the allowed limit.

    • Ensure safety in labor, limiting joint injuries.

  • Sitting and working in the right posture.
  • Periodic examination for early detection and timely treatment of the body's metabolic disorders.

    • Diagnostic measures for Arthritis's disease

    Each arthritis has a different diagnostic criteria and tests. Diagnostic arthritis : With a case of pain in joints, the following methods need to be performed:

  • Medical examination: Ask for functional symptoms and perform the examination of the movement of joints, joint deformation, and some methods to determine the overflow of the joints. P>
  • Testing to be done
  • Basic tests: Peripheral blood cells, sedimentation blood, reaction protein (CRP), testing for liver, kidney function, heart X -ray, electrocardiogram .
    • X -rays: Detects of structural changes.
  • Bone radiosis: This is a modern method that indicates changes in shape of joints, and can detect metabolic disorders. Especially helps early detection of cancer cases and osteoarthritis. The method has been applied in many large institutes, especially Vinmec Hospital with high results.
  • Other immunity tests in the case of rheumatoid arthritis such as low quantitative factors (RH), Anti CCP ...

    • Arthritis's disease treatments

    Earlic arthritis caused by bacterial infections, most of the arthritis is considered chronic diseases. Therefore, the definitive treatment of arthritis is very difficult. Although there are many causes of arthritis, the general treatment goal is to relieve pain, return the level of activity to the joints, limit recurrent disease and prevent joint deformation.

    Methods Treatment of arthritis include:

    Medical treatment : Applicable to most cases, may only be medical treatment with medication alone or in combination with surgical methods. The drugs are used depending on the type of arthritis, including anti -inflammatory analgesics and specific drugs for each cause. Therefore, the use of the drug should comply with the instructions of the physician.

  • Anti -inflammatory analgesic commonly used for treatment in arthritis is a group of nonsteroidal anti -inflammatory analgesics (NSAID) with special medicines such as mobic, ibuprofen.

    • corticosteroids can be used against inflammation in some cases.

    Surgical treatment : Surgery is indicated in the following cases:

  • Can not work.
  • For prolonged pain does not respond to medical treatment
  • greatly affects the daily life and aesthetics of the patient.

    • Surgical methods include:

  • Surgery to shape joints to replace joints.
  • Surgical stiff surgery: The bone ends will be locked together until they are healed

    • Bone shaping: Bone will be reconstructed to ensure the performance of the joint function.

    Reasonable living regime : Besides the treatment methods of reasonable living regime is also essential for patients with arthritis. Exercise and diet are two issues that need to be considered:

  • Exercise regularly and lightly will help the joints more flexible. Swimming is a good choice for patients with arthritis due to this sport that will reduce the pressure on the joints. However, it is necessary to ensure fitness mode.
  • Diets should reduce the amount of special starch in cases of obesity. Increase foods that contain oxidation to reduce inflammation. Maintain a diet full of nutrients to reduce the worse progression of arthritis.

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