What are the initial symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis?

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Rheumatoid arthritis is a kind of joint disease that friends pay special attention to. Once the onset of rheumatoid arthritis will damage the joint health of patients, lead to joint pain of patients, and interfere with daily life. I hope friends should pay attention to the changes of joint parts, and clearly understand the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis. Next, I will introduce the initial symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis.

What are the initial symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis?

Rheumatoid disease is a disease that can not be ignored. It not only damages the joint health of the patient's friends, but also affects the normal life and work of the patient. We should guard against the occurrence of rheumatoid disease and master the symptoms of the disease. After the onset of the disease, the site of the disease presents symptoms of redness, swelling, heat and pain, and will produce serious dysfunction, The appearance of the disease will involve the synovium of the patients, and also affect the articular cartilage and bone tissue, leading to systemic symptoms, fever, fatigue and weakness. The weight of some patients will be significantly reduced, subcutaneous nodules will occur, and even induce pericarditis, pleurisy and other diseases.

After getting up in the morning, the joint activity is particularly inflexible, and will produce some subjective feelings. This is a non-specific manifestation induced by the disease. The heart and respiratory system of the patient will be involved, and the kidney will be seriously damaged, and the nervous system is prone to pathological changes, Lead to patients with anemia and digestive system abnormalities, bring more trouble to patients, we should pay attention to rheumatoid disease, we must correctly understand the symptoms of the disease, especially the emergence of rheumatoid disease, we must pay attention to the treatment of the disease.

There are individual differences in disease condition and course of disease, ranging from transient and mild polyarthritis to rapidly progressive polyarthritis. Proximal interphalangeal joint, metacarpophalangeal joint, wrist, elbow, shoulder, knee and toe joint were the most common joints involved; Cervical spine, temporomandibular joint, sternoclavicular joint and acromioclavicular joint may also be involved with limited movement; Hip joint involvement is rare. Arthritis is often characterized by symmetrical, persistent swelling and tenderness, and morning stiffness often lasts more than 1 hour. The most common joint deformities were ankylosis of wrist and elbow, subluxation of metacarpophalangeal joint, ulnar deviation of fingers, swan neck and buttonhole pattern. Severe patients have fibrous or bony ankylosis of the joint, and lose joint function due to muscle atrophy and spasm around the joint, resulting in inability to take care of themselves. In addition to joint symptoms, there may also be extraarticular or visceral damage, such as rheumatoid nodules, heart, lung, kidney, peripheral nerve and eye lesions.

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It is not difficult to see that pre rheumatoid symptoms can be found in time, as long as suffering from the disease will be treated in time. Early detection and treatment of rheumatoid arthritis can effectively control the disease. Pre rheumatoid symptoms are very obvious, we can do timely detection and treatment after mastering, in order to avoid causing greater harm to patients. Of course, after the discovery, what we must do is to find the cause of the disease, and then actively and properly treat it. If we need to do a series of examinations, we need to formulate the corresponding treatment plan according to the examination results, so as to ensure that we can recover as soon as possible, have a good health, and do not have to worry about the symptoms of pre rheumatoid.