What are the main symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis?

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Rheumatoid arthritis is an allergic disease, which is one of the main manifestations of rheumatic fever. The most common symptoms are acute fever and joint pain. The typical manifestations are mild or moderate fever and migratory polyarthritis. The affected joints are mostly large joints such as knee, ankle, shoulder, elbow and wrist. They are often transferred from one joint to another. The local lesions are red, swollen, burning and severe pain. Some patients also have several joints at the same time, Atypical patients only joint pain and no other inflammatory manifestations, acute inflammation generally subsided in 2-4 weeks, leaving no sequelae, but often repeated attacks. If rheumatism affects the heart, myocarditis may occur, and even left heart valve disease. What are the main symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis? Let's talk about it

What are the main symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis?

1、 General symptoms; Before the onset of arthritis symptoms, there may be fatigue, fatigue, general discomfort, low fever, lack of appetite and other manifestations.

2、 Joint symptoms; The diseased joints usually start from the distal facets of the limbs, especially the proximal phalanges, and then the metacarpophalangeal joints, toes, wrist joints, knee joints, etc. It starts with one or two small joints and then develops into symmetrical polyarthritis. The symptoms included joint pain, tenderness, stiffness, swelling and dysfunction. Most of the patients will have joint stiffness, which is obvious in the morning and can be reduced after activity. Morning stiffness is the stiffness of the diseased joint after it is still. Finally, deformity can occur in the diseased joint. In addition, there may be muscle atrophy around the joint, muscle weakness and joint dysfunction.

3、 Subcutaneous nodule of rheumatoid arthritis; Subcutaneous nodules may appear in the protuberance and compression of the joint. The nodules are 3-4cm in diameter, hard in texture, slightly tender and often symmetrical, and can last for months to years. The presence of subcutaneous nodules indicates that the affected joint is in active phase.

matters needing attention

1. Strengthen exercise, enhance physical fitness. It's good to take part in physical exercises, such as health gymnastics, qigong, Taijiquan, radio gymnastics and walking. People who insist on physical exercise have strong body, strong resistance to disease, and seldom get sick. Their ability to resist the invasion of wind, cold and dampness is much stronger than those who have not received physical exercise. 2. Avoid the invasion of wind, cold and dampness. To prevent cold, rain and moisture, joints should pay attention to keep warm, do not wear wet clothes, wet shoes, wet socks and so on. Summer heat, do not be greedy cold dew, drink cold drinks, etc. In autumn, the climate is dry, but the autumn wind is cool and the weather turns cool, so we should prevent the invasion of wind cold. The winter wind is biting, so it's important to keep warm. 3. Pay attention to the combination of work and rest, diet and daily life. The combination of work and rest is the main measure of health care. Clinically, although the condition of some patients with rheumatoid arthritis is basically controlled, they are in the recovery period of the disease. They are often aggravated or relapsed due to fatigue, so they should combine work and rest, and their activities and rest should be moderate.