Felty syndrome

Felty syndrome's disease overview

What is

What is Felty syndrome?

rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disorder that causes chronic inflammation in the joints.

Felty syndrome is a complication of long -term rheumatoid arthritis determined by three factors: rheumatoid arthritis, reducing abnormal number of white blood cells and enlarged spleen. The disease can cause complications of re -infections, especially skin infections and upper respiratory infections. This is a rare syndrome.

Causes of Felty syndrome's disease

Felty syndrome is a rare disease with the current cause of unknown. Some patients suffer from this syndrome due to progression from rheumatoid arthritis for a long time. People with Felty syndrome are at high risk of infection due to the decrease in the number of white blood cells in the peripheral blood.

Symptoms of Felty syndrome's disease

Symptoms of common felty syndrome such as:

Patients have a sense of uncomfortable body, tired people, eat and lose their appetite, blue skin, pale

Poor eating patients lead to weight loss, unintentional weight loss. The joints are swollen, stiff, painful and deformed.

leukemia in peripheral blood reduces the patient's resistance to recurrent infections.

In addition, the patient also has symptoms such as burning eye or fluid.

People at risk for Felty syndrome's disease

Felty syndrome is encountered in many special subjects for people with rheumatoid arthritis for a long time. This syndrome is also common in women between 50 and 60 years old.

Diagnostic measures for Felty syndrome's disease

To diagnose Felty syndrome, a specialist will combine the clinical examination along with the diagnostic test to make the most appropriate diagnosis.

Prehistoric exploitation of patients who see if the patient has a history of rheumatoid arthritis or not, whether infections are recurring or not. If there is a need to determine how long the time.

Clinical examination identifies symptoms of Felty syndrome: Patients with poor eating, fatigue, painful joints and deformation. The doctor will identify the symptoms that patients suffer from to avoid confusion with other diseases for proper and effective treatment.

Peripheral blood cell test: Detecting the number of white blood cells in the peripheral blood decreases compared to normal people, especially neutral leukemia.

Blood test: Most patients have a positive felty syndrome with low -type factors.

Perform imaging diagnostic techniques: On the ultrasound image, the images of spleen are swollen, liver and lymph nodes may swell. X -rays and other methods see damage to joints. This method not only helps to diagnose but also helps assess the level of disease.

Felty syndrome's disease treatments

Patients need to perform treatment as directed by a specialist for good results. If the patient has well controlled rheumatoid arthritis, depending on the case of Felty syndrome treatment. Some treatments reduce symptoms such as:

Medical treatment: Use drugs to prevent the progression of the disease or use drugs related to the immune system. During treatment, patients need to be checked regularly to avoid side effects of the drug.

Spleen surgery: Spleen is where blood cells are destroyed. In some cases of ineffective medical treatment, spleen cuts help improve blood cell destruction leading to good number of blood cells in the body.

During treatment, patients need to rest and work according to the doctor's advice. Patients can also treat at home, take painkillers as directed by the doctor and re -examination as soon as the abnormalities occur.

Felty syndrome treatment should comply with the doctor's indications during treatment. Patients need to check periodically after treatment for timely and best effective treatment.

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