What are the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis

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Recently, my mother always feels that her joints are very painful. Sometimes when she just gets up in the morning, her joint activity is very inflexible, which has a great impact on her normal life. I went to the hospital to consult the doctor. The doctor said that she may have rheumatoid arthritis. Now let's talk about the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis.

What are the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis

First: morning stiffness, as the name suggests, is the subjective feeling of joint inflexibility when getting up in the morning. It is a manifestation of arthritis, and the duration of morning stiffness is proportional to the severity of rheumatoid arthritis. Joint swelling and pain, mostly symmetrical, often involving metacarpophalangeal joint, wrist joint, shoulder joint, interphalangeal joint, ankle joint and knee joint, swelling, heat and pain, activity disorder.

Second: deformity, late cases generally appear metacarpophalangeal joint flexion and ulnar deviation deformity; if it occurs in the toe, it presents claw shape toe deformity appearance. Fever, warm skin around joints, flushing, when automatic or passive movement will cause pain. Carditis: carditis includes myocarditis, endocarditis and pericarditis. The symptoms vary in severity, including palpitations, chest tightness, shortness of breath, dyspnea, and even inability to lie flat.

Third: skin damage: annular erythema, seen in the trunk or near limbs, irregular circle, red around, light in the center, disappear in 1-2 days, can appear repeatedly. Subcutaneous nodules were found in the long bone eminence near the joint, distributed symmetrically, in the subcutaneous eminence, without adhesion, and varied in number. According to the pain, it often disappears within a few weeks.

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Rheumatoid arthritis patients often feel joint swelling and pain after getting sick. When they get up in the morning, joint activity is not flexible. If it is serious, joint deformity will appear. Patients will also feel headache, chest tightness, dyspnea and so on. If patients have these conditions, they must go to the hospital for examination and treatment in time.