Understanding the main symptoms of these diseases helps to get accurate and avoid complications in a timely manner, so we have described the difference in this article.
The contribution of an accurate diagnosis is that it is possible after testing:
General analysis of blood and urine,
Biochemical test,
The samples and x -ray of the joints are affected
MRI and research on epidemics - if necessary.
ArthritisArthritis is an incited by infection, a failure in the work of the immune system or metabolism. The main sign of arthritis is the inflammatory process: swelling, redness of the skin and fever in the area of the affected joint. The negative effects of arthritis can be expanded not only to the joints: heart, kidneys and liver in the risk area. There are more than two hundred species of arthritis with different manifestations and causes in the area of young and middle -aged people. 18% of disability falls into arthritis according to WHO statistics
SymptomThe first sign of the disease, as prescribed, is:
Sharp pain - in a state of movement or rest,
edema in the area of the disease is sick - unchanged or periodically arising,
Red and high temperatures of the affected area - you may feel when touching,
The limitations of the movements in the morning.
Arthritis can occur in a hidden form - In this case, symptoms appear after exposure to stimulating factors: stress, overwork, lower body heat or infection.
Symptoms also include manifestations of inflammation in the body:
The increase in body temperature to 38-39 degrees;
loss of strength and chills;
conjunctivitis;
Change in blood test indicators: For example, the increase in ESR and the high level of white blood bodies;
Pain while urinating.
The severity of the manifestation of arthritis may vary, and the process is not necessarily quick. However, if you do not pay attention to the problem, arthritis flows into the chronic form and can lead to the violation of the work of internal organs and disabilities: inability, modification of joints and limbs.
Treatment and preventionThe prescribed treatment will depend on the severity of the diagnosis. If during the diagnosis, the patient does not find damage to the internal organs, the treatment is relatively simple. Patients may be prescribed:
Anti -inflammatory drugs and painkillers,
Physiotherapy procedures,
Compliance with diet and alcohol refusal,
Reduce physical activity on the joints affected.
In the case of the disease affected by organs and patients through the main treatment program to support them:
Additional exams,
Medicine,
A special diet.
Among different types of arthritis, there are some serious diseases that are very important for timely diagnosis:
Rheumatism is an inflammatory disease of connective tissue, affecting large and medium joints, and also specific manifestations: it can manifest strongly and transmit into different joints, as if moving from one to another.
Rheumatism does not deform joints, but the lack of treatment is full of serious complications: for example, kidney disease and heart defects.
The cause of the occurrence may be transferred infectious diseases: tonsillitis, otitis media and similar diseases. Children from 7 to 14 years old often encounter risk groups. Genetics also affect the development of the disease.
Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic disease in which the inflammatory process affects both joints and many organs. For example, eyes, light, heart and blood vessels. Belongs to the system of connective tissue systems. Normally, women after 60 years of illness.
It progresses slowly, affecting some joints at the same time and spreading symmetrically. As the disease develops, joints lose their ability to exercise, pain and swelling. On the joints affected by inflammation, the characteristic notes appear.
One characteristic of rheumatism is the use of special laboratory tests that allows you to set an accurate diagnosis. Rheumatoid arthritis is treated, using strong drugs. Therefore, it is very important to suspect and diagnose this disease in the early stages.
Gotric arthritis or gout is a progressive joint disease caused by violations of uric acid metabolism in the blood and salt deposit in joint tissues. Most often start with the lesions of the thumb.
Usually, the elderly, mostly men, gout. But there are also cases where the disease is younger.
Treatment of rheumatism, systemic disease, gouts are different from treatment, for example, allergic arthritis or reaction. Only one doctor may prescribe an accurate diagnostic prescription and fully prescribed treatment.
The disease is easier to prevent rather than treatment, so we recommend that you take care of your prevention and careful observation of your health:
abandon bad habits - smoking, drinking, unreasonable nutrition;
To develop reasonable sports - charging, prolonged, balanced training;
Strengthen the immune system to advise a doctor related to mineral vitamin complex, influenza vaccine.
About arthrosis70% of cases of illness fall into the age of 65.
Arthrosis is a disease leading to deformation and destruction of joint capsules. The joint surface is a cartilage covering the surface of the joint and does not allow bones to contact each other: it provides freely and painless movements. Usually, muscle disease develops in old age. It is also called "the disease of pianists and athletes", who often suffer from arthritis due to continuous loads on the wrist and joints of the legs: hips, knees, ankles. Arthritis, unlike arthritis, only affects joints and does not become inflamed.
SymptomSymptoms of arthritis appear gradually, as the disease progresses. When they started, they absolutely not. This is the main reason to see a doctor in the final stage.
The first symptoms of arthritis shows:
The joints after sleeping or resting long, quickly passing through the movement process;
Crunch, grinding and clicking with boring sound;
Pain during movement and load.
In the later stages of arthritis, symptoms become more noticeable: the immobility of the joints and the pain syndrome are enhanced, the hard joint syndrome also develops - the replacement of soft cartilage tissue by bone growth. The development of the chronic form of the disease leads to the cannot move one or more joints.
Treatment and preventionArthritis is better for treatment in the initial stage of the disease. In addition, the opportunity to recover depends on age - up to 40 years to remove the disease much easier. Under these conditions, the patient is prescribed the load on joints, drugs and shocking waves of short -term effects on bone tissue and linked to audio pulses with significant amplitude of low frequency: from 16 to 25 Hz. Other procedures can be used: for example, mud and electrophoresis applications with drugs. The chronic form of the disease, as well as arthritis in old age, cannot be cured to complete the cure. However, competent and regular therapy helps control the disease as much as possible: suspending joint destruction and improving the quality of the patient.
During such treatment, the doctor prescribed drug treatment, triggered the regeneration process, and also made recommendations on lifestyle.
The main prevention helps prevent muscle disease development. Basic principles:
Weight control - excess weight increases the load on joints;
Regular physical activity - gymnastics, prolonged and moderate training;
The choice of high and comfortable shoes - False load distribution stimulates pressure on joints;
Enhance immunity and protect against lower body heat.
A visual comparisonAbove, we have described the main causes, symptoms and treatments for arthritis and joints. In this block, we briefly answer the question about the difference in diseases:
Arthritis
Arthritis
An inflammatory disease affects joints and can affect the normal activity of internal organs.
The disease is degeneration, destruction, characteristics. It only affects the joints of the joints.
It develops mainly in young and middle-aged people: 25-45 years old. It also happens in children.
Basically overcame the elderly, as well as those who have activities directly related to the load on the joints: athletes, musicians, artists.
It is manifested by inflammatory symptoms in the initial stage: pain, redness and fever in the affected area.
It may not feel for a long time, progress slowly - this complicates the diagnostic process in the early stages.
