Symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis

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When my mother-in-law went to square dancing the other day, she accidentally twisted her waist and fell down when she got out of bed. These days my mother-in-law has been backache, I took her to the hospital, the doctor told me, my mother-in-law suffering from rheumatoid arthritis. But my mother-in-law's legs and feet are very good all the time. My mother-in-law is very sad to hear the doctor say so. There are many symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis. Let me share with you the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis.

Symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis

Symptom 1: morning stiffness: the joints with morning stiffness lesions have a long time (at least 1 hour) stiffness after being motionless at night, such as sticky feeling. In more than 95% of patients. The duration of morning stiffness is directly proportional to the degree of arthritis. It is often used as an index to observe the activity of the disease, but the subjectivity is very strong. Other causes of arthritis can also appear morning stiffness, but it is not as obvious as the disease. If suffering from rheumatoid arthritis, the joint will often, and appear more than an hour of stiffness.

Symptom 2: almost all RA patients have wrist joint involvement, which is characterized by extensor tenosynovitis and inflammatory reaction of surrounding tissues, diffuse swelling and tenderness of soft tissue on the extensor side of wrist joint, and palpable cystic structure of ganglion like cyst on the extensor side of wrist joint. In addition, synovitis of the flexor tendon of the wrist may lead to compressive neuropathy. In carpal tunnel syndrome, the median nerve is compressed when passing through the carpal tunnel, resulting in decreased sensation on the palmar side of the thumb, index finger, middle finger and radial side of the ring finger, which eventually leads to thenar atrophy. The patient felt numbness and tingling in his hands. Generally speaking, if it is rheumatoid arthritis, the joint will often hurt, and if you take lighter things, the key will also be stressed.

Symptom 3: shoulder joint is often involved, which is characterized by tenderness, nocturnal pain and limited activity. It is difficult for patients to find a more comfortable position to fall asleep because of shoulder pain. At first, the front of the shoulder joint is difficult to detect swelling, and a small number of patients can detect joint swelling in time. X-ray examination showed that 70% of the patients had erosive changes of shoulder joint, while 25% had subluxation of shoulder joint or subluxation of coracoid process. Secondary to synovitis, rotator gyri degeneration of the shoulder can limit shoulder abduction and rotation. When the humeral pelvis is damaged, pain will be felt in both active and resting state, and typical lesions will lead to severe limitation of movement. The most obvious symptom of rheumatoid arthritis is very painful shoulder, especially at night, the pain will increase.

matters needing attention

More than half of RA patients presented with chronic occult disease. The main symptoms were fatigue, anorexia, general discomfort or muscle and joint pain, and then joint symptoms. 5% ~ 15% RA is acute onset, mostly in the elderly, joint swelling and pain and other symptoms appear in a few days. The symptoms of RA were severe within 1 to 20 weeks. If you suffer from rheumatoid arthritis, don't move casually, and you can't do heavy work or take heavy things. You can supplement more nutrients in your diet.