What does rheumatoid arthritis elbow symptom have

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I fell into rheumatoid arthritis because of my previous work. Every time the weather changes, my body will become particularly weak. Then there will be bone piercing pain in the joints. Next, I will talk about the elbow symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis.

What does rheumatoid arthritis elbow symptom have

The first is the manifestation of joint involvement, which is symmetrical polyarthritis (usually more than 5 joints). The easily affected joints are hand, foot, wrist, ankle and temporomandibular joint, and others are elbow, shoulder, cervical spine, hip and knee joint. The deformities of joint deformity hand include fusiform swelling, ulnar deviation, swan neck deformity, button pattern deformity, etc.

Second, the deformities of the foot include the inverted toe deformity caused by the downward subluxation of the metatarsophalangeal head, hallux valgus deformity, subluxation of the metatarsophalangeal joint, mallet toe bending and hallux valgus deformity. Others may have carpal tunnel / tarsal tunnel syndrome caused by compression of median nerve / posterior tibial nerve, fluid in the knee joint cavity squeezed into the posterior side of the joint to form popliteal cyst, cervical involvement may have neck pain, neck weakness and difficulty in maintaining its normal position, atlantoaxial subluxation, corresponding with spinal cord compression and vertebral basilar artery insufficiency.

Third: the onset of the disease is slow, with fatigue, fatigue, weight loss, poor stomach, low fever, numbness and tingling of hands and feet. Joint pain, stiffness, swelling, symmetry, surrounding skin warm, flush, when automatic or passive movement will cause pain. Joint involvement usually begins with the distal facet of the extremities and then involves other joints.

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As long as you get rheumatoid arthritis, the elbow joint will be particularly painful. Sometimes it's very difficult to do a very simple movement. At the beginning of the disease, the patient will feel that the whole body has no strength and the joint is painful and swollen. In some patients, the skin around the joint becomes red and hot.