Understanding the main symptoms of the disease helps to get the right treatment and avoid timely complications, so we explain in detail the differences in this article.
Proper contribution of diagnosis is possible after the examination:
- General analysis of blood and urine,
- biochemical blood tests,
- Samples and x -ray affected joints
- MRI and synovial fluid studies - if necessary.
Arthritis
Arthritis is a disease provoked by infection, failure in the functioning of the immune system or metabolism. The main signs of arthritis are the process of inflammation: swelling, redness of the skin and fever in the affected joint area. The negative effects of arthritis can be extended not only to the joints: the heart, the kidneys and the liver are in the risk zone. There are more than two hundred species of arthritis with different manifestations and causes in young and middle -aged risk zones. 18% of defects fall on arthritis according to WHO statistics
Symptom
The first signs of the disease, as a rule, are:
- sharp pain - in a state of movement or rest,
- edema in the diseased joint area - persistently or occurs periodically,
- redness and high temperature of the affected area - you can feel the touch,
- Movement constraints in the morning.
Arthritis can occur in hidden form - in this case, symptoms appear after exposure to provocative factors: stress, hard work, hypothermia or infection.
Symptoms also include manifestations of inflammation in the body:
- increased body temperature to 38-39 degrees;
- lose strength and chills;
- conjunctivitis;
- Changes in blood test indicators: for example, an increase in ESR and high levels of white blood;
- Pain during urination.
The severity of the manifestation of arthritis can vary, and progress is not necessarily rapid. However, if you do not pay attention to this problem, arthritis flows into a chronic form and can cause violations of organ function and internal defects: inability, joint modification and limbs.
Treatment and prevention
The prescribed treatment will depend on the severity of the diagnosis. If during the diagnosis of the patient does not have damage to the internal organs, the treatment is relatively simple. Patients may be prescribed:
- Anti -anti -analgesic drugs,
- physiotherapy procedure,
- Compliance with diet and refusal of alcohol,
- Reduces physical activity in affected joints.
If the disease is affected by the organs, the patient experiences additional treatment programs aimed at supporting them:
- Additional exams,
- Medical therapy,
- Special diet.
Among various forms of arthritis There are several serious diseases that are important to diagnose in time:
- Rheumatism is a disease of connective tissue inflammation, which affects large and moderate joints, and also has certain manifestations: it can be clearly real and passed on different joints, as if moving from one to the other.
Rheumatism does not modify the joints, but the lack of full treatment with serious complications: for example, kidney disease and heart defects.
The causes of the incident can be transferred to infectious diseases: tonsilitis, otitis media and similar. Children ages 7 to 14 are most often into the risk group. Descendants also affect the development of the disease.
- Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic disease in which the process of inflammation affects both joints and many organs. For example, eyes, light, heart and blood vessels. Belongs to a group of systemic tissue diseases. Often, women after 60 years of suffering from the disease.
It runs slowly, affects some joints at once and spreads symmetrically. As the disease develops, the joints lose mobility, pain and swelling. In joints affected by inflammation, characteristic nodules appear.
The feature of rheumatoid diagnosis is the use of a special laboratory test that allows you to establish an accurate diagnosis. Rheumatoid arthritis is treated, using strong drugs. Therefore, it is very important to suspect and diagnose the disease in the early stages.
- Gotric arthritis or gout is a progressive joint disease caused by a violation of uric acid metabolism in the blood and salt deposits in the joint tissue. It often starts with a thumb wound.
Usually, parents, especially men, suffer from gout. But there are also cases of diseases at a younger age.
Treatment of rheumatism, systemic disease, gout is different from treatment, for example, allergic or reactive arthritis. Only doctors can prescribe the correct diagnosis and prescribe adequate treatment.
The disease is easier to prevent than treating, so we recommend that you maintain prevention and be careful to see your health:
- abandon bad habits - smoking, drinking alcohol, irrational nutrition;
- to develop a habit of playing rational sports - charging, stretching, balanced training;
- Strengthening the immune system of the immune system on mineral-vitamin complex, flu vaccine.
About arthrosis
70% of cases of illness fall in people over the age of 65.
Arthrosis is a disease that leads to deformation and destruction of joint capsules. The articular surface is a cartilage that covers the surface of the joints and does not allow the bones to come into contact with each other: it provides free and painless movement. Often, arthrosis develops in old age. It is also called "pianist and athlete" which often suffers from arthrosis due to persistent burden on the wrists and joints: hips, knees, ankles. Arthrosis, unlike arthritis, only affects the joints and is not inflammation.
Symptom
Symptoms of arthrosis appear gradually, during the disease. At the beginning of development, they were not at all. This is the main reason for seeing a doctor in the final stage.
The first symptom of arthrosis shows themselves:
- joints after sleep or long rest, which quickly passes during movement;
- Crunch, grinding and click accompanied by a boring sound;
- Pain during movement and load.
In the later stages of arthrosis, symptoms become more noticeable: joint immobility and pain syndrome are enhanced, "hard joint" syndrome also develops - replacement of soft cartilage tissue with bone growth. The development of a form of chronic disease leads to the disadvantage of moving one or more joints.
Treatment and prevention
Arthrosis is better to be treated in the early stages of the disease. Also, the opportunity for recovery depends on age - up to 40 years to get rid of the disease. Under these conditions, the patient is a burden prescribed on the effects of joints, drugs and shocks of short-waved waves in bone and connective tissue with significant acoustic amplitude pulses from low frequencies: from 16 to 25 Hz. Other procedures can be used: for example, mud applications, electrophoresis with drugs. The chronic form of the disease, as well as arthrosis in the old age, cannot be cured to solve it. However, competent and common therapy helps control the disease as much as possible: to suspend joint destruction and improve the quality of the patient.
During such therapies, doctors prescribe drug treatment, which activates the regeneration process, and also provides suggestions on lifestyle.
Key prevention helps prevent the development of arthrosis. Basic principles:
- Weight control - overweight increases the burden on the joints;
- Regular physical activity - gymnastics, stretching and simple exercises;
- High and comfortable shoe choice - incorrect load distribution causes pressure on the joints;
- Strengthening immunity and protection against hypothermia.
Visual comparison
Above, we explain the main causes, symptoms and methods of treating arthritis and arthrosis. In this block, we briefly answer the question of disease difference:
| Arthritis | Arthrosis |
| Inflammatory diseases that affect the joints and can affect the normal functioning of the internal organs. | The disease is degenerative, destructive, character. It only affects the joints. |
| It develops mainly in young and middle-aged people: 25-45 years. It also happens to children. | Basically overcoming parents, as well as people whose activities are directly related to the burden on the joints: athletes, musicians, artists. |
| It is indicated by the symptoms of inflammation in the early stages: pain, redness and fever in the affected area. | It may not be possible for a long time, slowly developing - this complicates the diagnostic process in the early stages. |
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