Osteoarthritis symptoms?

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Osteoarthritis is a kind of degenerative disease, which is caused by aging, obesity, strain, trauma, congenital joint abnormalities, joint deformities and many other factors, such as articular cartilage degeneration damage, reactive hyperplasia of articular edge and subchondral bone, also known as osteoarthritis, degenerative arthritis, senile arthritis, hypertrophic arthritis, etc. Osteoarthritis symptoms? Let's talk about it

Osteoarthritis symptoms?

1. Joint pain: at the beginning, the pain is mostly mild to moderate intermittent dull pain, which occurs during activities and can be relieved after rest. For example, the pain of knee osteoarthritis patients is more prominent when they are loading or going up and down stairs, while the pain of hand osteoarthritis patients is caused by excessive activities. Pain develops slowly, and can be persistent in severe cases, even tearing or needling pain, which can't be relieved after rest, and it often wakes up in sleep at night.

2. Limited joint activity: in the early stage, it is often mild. Only when you get up in the morning or sit for a long time, you feel that the joint activity is not flexible, and it can be relieved after a little activity. This phenomenon is called "morning stiffness". Morning stiffness generally lasts for several minutes, rarely more than 30 minutes. As the disease progressed, the symptoms gradually worsened, and the range of motion of the affected joints gradually decreased until they were fixed in a certain position. If it is arthritis of the upper limbs, the patient may feel that it is difficult to complete such actions as dressing, buttoning, combing hair, holding bowls and chopsticks, writing and housework. Arthritis of the lower limbs will make it difficult for patients to get up, stand and walk from the seat.

3. Joint swelling: if you feel that the fist is not tight, squatting is difficult, the ring can't be taken off, the watch can't be put on, the hand can't be extended into the old gloves, the foot can't be put on the old shoes, etc., these all prompt that there is obvious joint swelling, you should go to the hospital for examination in time.

matters needing attention

There must be good work and rest time in our life. We should pay more attention when we eat. We should not eat too full. We should also develop a habit of returning stool. In addition, we can eat more pineapple and other foods to reduce some body infections. For patients with this disease, we must exercise more, In addition, you can eat more vitamin rich food every day, such as some wheat food, and you can eat more potatoes, cauliflower and other food, but you must not smoke and drink.