How to detect rheumatoid arthritis

  Rheumatoid arthritis is the most common joint disease in the elderly, so no special signs so much as it is often difficult to detect the disease in its early stages. Only when the patient moves to chronic rheumatic Bangladesh atrophy, deformation, we realized, then the treatment is a very difficult problem.

What is Rheumatoid Arthritis?

Rheumatoid arthritis has many other names such as rheumatoid Bangladesh atrophy, progressive chronic arthritis, rheumatism and chronic adhesive deformation, rheumatoid arthritis , chronic disease, of unknown cause, taking prolonged and often turn result is disabled patients.
Rheumatoid arthritis affects many organs, but mainly attacks the joints, causing inflammation of the synovial membrane. Meningitis is inflammation of the synovial membrane lining the joints and tendons which makes the joints of patients with swelling, pain, heat.

Identifying characteristics of rheumatoid arthritis

Arthritis has symmetry 2 sides, back of the hand palm swell more. Patients with severe pain at night and dawn; may effusion in the knee joint with stiffness in the morning after waking up or after a long period of inactivity. Morning stiffness lasts more than an hour.
Over time, many injured joints, most commonly the small joints of the hands, feet, spine neck. The larger joints may also be affected, such as the shoulder, knee and change depending on the location of each person.
Hip, spine, joint function, joint damage may be breast lesions but rare and usually occurs later. Arthritis progressive and leads to stick deformity, disease causes severe motor dysfunction, totally disabled.
In addition, patients with rheumatoid arthritis may also have systemic manifestations and outside joints such as mild fever, weight loss, fatigue, poor sleep eating, anemia, neurological disorders plants, floating particles under skin, muscle atrophy clear zone around the joints hurt ...
A few cases can damage the heart muscle, pericarditis, pleurisy mild pulmonary fibrosis, lymphadenopathy, splenomegaly, osteoporosis, natural fractures, inflammation of the small and medium vessels, keratitis , inflammation of the iris ciliary, pinched nerves, kidney infection powder ...

Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatoid arthritis difficult to diagnose because there is no one particular test for this disease. Symptoms may be similar to other joint diseases and can only be fully aware of symptoms after a period of disease development.
So far no method that can cure rheumatoid arthritis. General principles in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis is to be persistent, continuous, sometimes a lifetime and should incorporate measures: internal medicine, surgery, physical therapy, chiropractic ...
The treatment is mainly aimed against inflammation in joints and other tissues, stop or slow the progression of the disease, maintain the function of joints and muscles, preventing distortion, damage repair Trade in joints to reduce pain and restore function.
Patients should be fit specialist advice, diagnosis identify and select the most appropriate treatment. If there is doubt manifest disease should see a doctor to be diagnosed early, treatment time, limit the more severe arthritis or severe complications can occur.