What is the difference between rheumatism and rheumatoid?

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In the 19th century when medicine was underdeveloped, people could not distinguish between rheumatoid arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. But with the continuous improvement of medical level. Now we can clearly distinguish between rheumatoid arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. They are different in pathological structure, manifestation and treatment. What is the difference between rheumatism and rheumatoid? Now let me tell you something.

What is the difference between rheumatism and rheumatoid?

First, rheumatoid arthritis mainly occurs in adolescents, who can usually be found suffering from rheumatoid arthritis before adulthood; The main incidence of rheumatoid arthritis is the elderly, the main reason is that the physical decline of the elderly is obvious, vulnerable to cold invasion.

Second, the location and symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis are different. Rheumatoid arthritis is caused by a streptococcus infection. It often occurs in the knee, shoulder, ankle and other large joints, and there will be swelling and pain; Rheumatoid arthritis can occur in any part of the body, and cause different incidental diseases.

Third, different ways of treatment, rheumatoid arthritis mainly needs penicillin and aspirin and other non hormone drugs for anti-inflammatory and analgesic treatment, and rheumatoid arthritis needs to be combined with the use of some glucocorticoid and other hormone drugs for treatment in order to have curative effect.

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Through the above analysis, we can know that there are differences between rheumatoid arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis in many aspects, such as the cause of disease, population, disease characteristics, side effects and clinical treatment. Therefore, when you feel joint pain and the onset age is over 40 years old, you are mostly suffering from rheumatoid disease; If it is adolescent onset, it should be rheumatoid arthritis, can be distinguished from the above analysis.