Symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis

Update Date: 2022-12-24 Source: Network

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The weather is getting colder and colder. It's the season for rheumatoid arthritis to be fierce. If the elderly don't do it properly, it will aggravate the condition of rheumatoid arthritis. It does great harm to the health of patients. Many patients often ask what are the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis?

Symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis

1. Joint pain and tenderness. Most patients begin with joint swelling. Swelling is caused by the increase of intra-articular exudate and inflammatory changes of soft tissue around the joint, which is characterized by uniform swelling around the joint. Fusiform swelling of the proximal finger joint is one of the typical symptoms of rheumatoid patients. The degree of joint pain is usually parallel to the degree of swelling. The more obvious the joint swelling is, the more severe the pain is, or even severe pain. 　　

2. Morning stiffness. More than 95% of the patients had morning stiffness. Morning stiffness refers to the stiffness and limitation of the affected joint for a long time in the morning after the diseased joint is still at night. Morning stiffness is often the first symptom of joint involvement, most of which appear before joint pain. When the disease is serious, the whole body joints can have a sense of stiffness. After getting up, the symptoms of morning stiffness can be alleviated or disappeared after activity or warmth. Morning stiffness is often accompanied by limb or finger (toe) cold and numbness. 　　

3. Joint swelling. All involved joints can appear swelling, joint swelling suggests severe inflammation. The typical manifestation is uniform swelling around the joint, such as fusiform swelling of the proximal interphalangeal joint. Joint swelling is most easily detected in small joints of limbs, but it is not easy to detect swelling in large joints such as shoulder and hip.

matters needing attention

Get rheumatoid arthritis should pay attention to keep warm, not cold, rain and damp, especially at the joints should pay more attention to keep warm, living environment to maintain a certain degree of dry, ventilation should be good, in the summer do not be greedy to cool more air-cooled, in winter should pay more attention to keep warm.