Is osteoarthritis rheumatism

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Osteoarthritis is a common disease in daily life. Now many middle-aged and old people are easy to suffer from osteoarthritis. My uncle has suffered from osteoarthritis for several years. Now many friends want to know whether osteoarthritis is rheumatic disease?

Is osteoarthritis rheumatism

First of all: osteoarthritis is not a rheumatic disease, some departments in each hospital are fine, some are coarse. You can go to the triage desk, the registration office or the general information desk. There may be immunology, rheumatology, arthritis and so on.

Secondly, osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis are not the same disease. Osteoarthritis is the non inflammatory degeneration of articular cartilage and the formation of osteophyte at the edge of joint due to old age or other reasons, such as trauma, congenital abnormality of joint, joint deformity, etc.

Finally: rheumatoid arthritis is a common acute or chronic connective tissue inflammation. Repeated heart attacks may be involved. Clinical one is characterized by joint and muscle wandering soreness, stress and pain. It is an allergic disease.

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The basic symptom of rheumatoid arthritis is inflammation, which usually begins with the synovium surrounding the joint and then spreads to the cartilage and the underlying bone. In severe cases, inflammation can spread to other connective tissues, sometimes even to the eyes, arteries and viscera.