Arthritis - These causes, signs, symptoms, degrees and treatments of joints

Joint articulation is a complex malnutritional disease that is related to the destruction of cartilage tissue in the joint.This pathological process is the most common joint disease in the world.Arthritis manifests as pain, morning stiffness and limitations of mobility.The gradual development of symptoms is characteristic, however, the rate of disease development may vary.

The diagnosis is based on anatomy, clinical examination and radiographic results.Treatment of arthritis is usually conservative: exercise therapy, anti-inflammatory drugs, physics, lockdown, etc.

We will consider in more detail what this disease is and how it can be treated, which we will consider further in the article.

What is arthritis?

Articity is a degenerate change in joint structure, accompanied by pain and visible deformation.The second name of the disease, used in the international classification - osteoarthritis.

The disease is characterized by slow progression, although some external factors can accelerate.It all depends on the individual characteristics of the body, the human disease and its methods of vital activities.

According to statistics, arthritis is sick, accounting for 6.5-12% of the global population.Most people over 65 years of age (62–85% of cases) are harmed.There is a trend toward “rejuvenating” pathology: in different countries, about 30-35% of patients are 45-65 years old, accounting for 2-3% of those aged 20-45 years old.

People who are less well-known about drugs believe that arthritis and arthritis are the same.In fact, this is not the case, because in the first case, the disease is acutely inflammatory and in the second case - long-term, less obvious chronic.

type

Despite the same nature of the disease, the wording of the diagnosis of arthritis may vary.In most cases, the patient’s problems and misunderstandings are related to several ends of the joint:

• Arthritis is a classic arthritis in which an inflammatory process is published.
• Osteoarthritis is absolutely the same as arthritis.
• Deformation (osteoarthritis) - The late stage of the disease, manifested by deformation and closure of the joints;
• COKSARTROSIS - abbreviation term for hip lesions;
• Provocative disease is an abbreviation term that means "arthritis of the knee joint";
• Spinal arthritis is a joint lesion of Vibrio micropartum joints that are heated by the spine.

There are many variants of this disease.It can be positioned according to the affected area and depends on the cause of the disease.

The type of joint depends on localization:

• knee
• Hip joint
• cervix
• arm
• Hands and fingers
• spine
• ankle
• Major polysomal arthritis

According to the number of joints involved, distinguish the following varieties:

• Uniformity.
• Rare balls - no more than 2 joints are affected.
• Multiarticularization - Involved from 3 joint groups.

The degree of joint damage

Articulation degree	symptom
1 degree	The first stage of the joint - There is no obvious morphological change, only the composition of the synovial fluid is disturbed.The supply of liquid to cartilage tissue is poor, and the resistance of cartilage to conventional loads is reduced.Due to overload on the joint surface, inflammation occurs and pain occurs.
2 degrees	The joints were destroyed.Form bone plants.The pain became greater during load and movement, and the characteristic tightening was heard in the affected areas.
3 degrees	This is the most severe stage of the disease's development.Pathological changes occurred in the joint pain area.Inflammation occurs.The patient feels stiff when moving because the muscles cannot fully contract and perform their functions.

reason

Joint formation is facilitated by two reasons - loading and lack of providing vitamins, minerals to restore the entire nutrients of the tissue.Everyone's joints are loaded.Athletes and dancers work physically, and the burden on their feet is greater, which means that bones and joints wear out faster and require high-quality nutrition.With a calm lifestyle, the supporters wear slowly, but the fabric needs to be updated regularly.

Major arthritis

This type is often associated with innate low self-esteem and tendency to cartilage damage and destruction.The most common causes of this disease:

• inheritance and inheritance;
• menopause;
• At first glance, it often suffers minor injuries (e.g., among athletes).

Sub-joint joints

The secondary type is usually deformed joint deformity and progresses under the stability of the cartilage to the usual load.This pathology development is facilitated by

• Injuried;
• obesity;
• ligaments and muscle weaknesses;
• arthritis.

As we age, the susceptibility of the disease increases.70 years later, arthritis was diagnosed as every second retiree.Since the maximum load falls on the feet (one moves - walking, racking, running, jumping), the first sign is formed here.

Signs and symptoms of joints

Arthritis belongs to the category of chronic diseases.Sometimes, the disease can penetrate for years, with only occasionally recalling joint pain or joint pain that is awkward.However, the disease also quickly developed to a severe stage in just a few months.

In any case, it is important to remember that if you don’t treat the disease, its symptoms will increase over time, deteriorate in quality of life, and in severe cases it can lead to disability and fixation.

Symptoms of arthritis:

• pain.The pain of arthritis is evident, especially after various loads.After a while, when a person comes to a state of peace, the discomfort disappears.The location of pain occurs directly at the location where changes in the body's conventional structure occur.In some cases, the pain of arthritis occurs when a person rests and relaxes completely.They look very strong and can be compared to tooth pain.Most of the time, this happens in the morning.
• The second sign of arthritis is tightening, but you shouldn't use this symptom to clicks on the joints you usually find in almost everyone and will not cause discomfort.The tightness in the disease is characterized by a rough and dry sound, which can cause pain and severe discomfort.As the disease progresses, the symptoms become more unique and painful.
• Reduce joint mobility.It is also considered one of the characteristics of arthritis, but it has already occurred during the stages of positive progression of the disease.During the development of arthritis, the growth/germination of bone tumors can cause spasms of muscle tissue, reducing the lumen in the joint pockets - ensuring the limitation of movement of this position.
• Joint deformation.Its modification is the fact that bone plants grow on the surface of the bone, while synovial fluid arrives.Although deformation is one of the latest symptoms, when arthritis hits the joints to a large extent.
• Changes in muscle tone.First, especially in severe pain, the surrounding muscle reflex tense.In the future, with the loss of sports activities, muscle atrophy.
• Skin manifestations.Optional logo.In the initial stage, skin can be red in joint projection.In the future, as the joint nature and atrophy of the muscles develop, the skin will become white, dry and pigmented.

Joints often affect:	Less common suffering:
knee Fashionable arm Facetted joints of the spine (spinal arthritis)	ankle Small joints Positioner wrist

complication

If arthritis does not provide proper attention in time and cannot be treated properly, this will not only lead to complete destruction of the diseased joint, but also lead to changes in the spinal biomechanics, which will cause her hernia in the intervertebral disc and other people’s joints, and thus far, a healthy joint is beginning.

The danger of premature treatment of any type of joint is the complications associated with it, with adverse consequences:

• Inflamed joints deform and gradually destruction;
• Movement becomes limited and joint mobility is partially or completely limited.
• The spine is disturbed;
• A hernia hernia formed;
• Neurological pain development;
• The patient's living standards have been reduced;
• The person is disabled.

diagnosis

First, they tried to view structural changes in affected areas to assess their severity and prevalence.Similarly, metabolic disorders in the body should be identified, which has become a favorable background for the occurrence of arthritis.Therefore, the survey set includes the following events:

• Radiography.
• Magnetic resonance tomography scan.
• Ultrasound study.
• Arthroscopy.
• Biochemical blood tests (hormone spectrum, inflammation markers, calcium metabolism, rheumatism).

Taking into account radiological characteristics, experts in orthopedics and trauma distinguish the following stages of the joint (Classification of Kellgren-LawRence):

• Stage 1 (Suspicious Arthritis) - Supposedly narrowing of joint space, non-existent or small amounts of bone plants are available.
• Stage 2 (Soft) - Suggested narrowing of joint space, clearly defining bone plants.
• Stage 3 (Moderate) - Apparent stenosis of joint space, with distinctly expressed bone plants, bone deformation is possible.
• Stage 4 (severe arthritis) - joint space, large bone plants, obvious bone deformation and obvious narrowing of bone sclerosis.

Note: The disease considered is very slow, and in the first stage it may not have any symptomatic characteristics at all, and the inconsistency of joint pain and fatigue is even inherent in healthy and physically exhausted people.Therefore, independent diagnosis of joints is almost impossible.

How to treat arthritis in joints

Joint therapy principles:

• Eliminate excessive load on joints;
• Treatment of anti-inflammatory and analgesics.Similarly, in complex treatments, cartilage protectants are actively used in arthritis.
• Physical Therapy Sports;
• Rehabilitation treatment;
• Magnetic therapy, electrotherapy, laser therapy, shock wave therapy;
• - Therapy for joint therapy;
• Intra-bone blockade;
• It is important to choose the right nutrients for arthritis.

Medication methods

How to treat arthritis with medication?This problem is the most common problem among patients.Three groups of drugs were used for treatment:

1. Cartilage protector.The drugs in this group restored the hyacinth cartilage because they contained the ingredients.All patients are advised to be in the form of long-term paper (2 times per year 3-4 months).Use tablets and capsules.
2. Hormone corticosteroids.This group of drugs is most effective during worsening arthritis.In most cases, an intramuscular injection is performed.However, similar drugs in pharmacies also represent ointments in the form of plasters - they are only used externally and you can expect a fairly quick, powerful effect.
3. Nonsteroid anti-inflammatory drugs are used to relieve pain and eliminate the inflammatory process.
4. injection.Injecting medication quickly stops the pain and relieves active symptoms.Intramuscular, intravenous or intraarticular medications should be administered only by medical staff.These funds fail to save the patient from the cause of the disease development, but effectively reduce his negative performance.

From other drugs used to treat joints, drugs were used:

• Improve blood in the joints;
• Improve the supply of oxygen joint tissues - vitamin "B";
• metabolism acting in cartilage;
• Desensitizers that reduce body responsiveness;
• Synthetic hormones of the adrenal gland.

Surgical treatment

The surgical method means two ways to solve the problem:

1. Arthroscopy is a surgery performed on a sore joint.By puncture, a special needle is introduced which removes the damaged area and polishes the affected area.
2. A prosthetic is a complex operation that involves removing damaged joints and embedding new joints.Modern orthopedics go far forward, releasing new, improved prostheses that are rarely rejected by the body and that their wear does not cause discomfort.

Joint therapy

Medical sports are used in arthritis in the subacute stage.The main tasks of exercise therapy:

• orthopedic correction (elimination of affected limb defects);
• Reduced electrostatic load on joints;
• Improve joint mobility or prevent its deterioration.

Digoen gymnastics were performed and a series of exercises were performed to perform detachable muscles and joints.The exercises for the affected joints are performed in the lying side or back seated position.Their breathing exercises can help relax muscles.Patients exercise independently or with the help of an instructor in the affected joints.

In class, pain should not be allowed.The exercises are performed at a slow pace and only after the acute symptoms are eliminated.Sudden and high amplitude movements should be avoided, which can cause unpleasant feelings.

Sports must be supervised by a doctor and after you have obtained the necessary skills, you can start home exercise.

Physical therapy and manual therapy

The use of these treatments can be effective well in the initial stages of the joint.

1. Manual treatment can only be performed by an experienced doctor who proves himself in joint pathological treatment.For example, when treating knee joints, manual therapy and limb extraction, intra-articular injection and cartilage protection agents can quickly get the patient up.
2. Physical therapy is used as an adjuvant therapy to speed up recovery.Their main goal is to reduce inflammation and accelerate tissue regeneration.Such procedures: extensive use of laser and cryotherapy, thermal therapy volume, mud bath, paraffin therapy and UOF.

Food and diet

The diet of joints is designed to correct metabolic processes, weight, prevent irreversible changes in the joint clear cartilage, reduce inflammatory processes and enhance connective tissue joint structure.There is no special diet, joint diet.The following principles are based on therapeutic nutrition:

1. Food should be physiologically full and high in content of vitamins and minerals.The dietary energy value of a normal weight patient should correspond to the average daily energy consumption and not exceed it.
2. The use of salt is limited to 5-8 g/day, as well as salt products (salt, canned food, fries, salted fish).
3. The use of free liquid should be increased to 2-2.5 L/day.
4. It is necessary to use frying and excluding product treatment.Food should be baked, steamed, boiled or stewed.
5. You need to switch to frequent fractional nutrition.
6. Food should be taken in small parts, which will rule out overeating and weight gain.

By arthritis, the use of a hard extreme diet is prohibited.Because in this diet, the body discharges a lot of fluid, which washes calcium and potassium from bones and joints.

Useful products:

• Fish and seafood, nuts, flax oil as the source of omega-3.
• Low fat and jelly.
• Products rich in vitamins E, D, C, A and group.These are fresh fruits, vegetables and berries.Especially useful for use: beets, tomatoes, carrots, cabbage, blueberries, beans, bananas, oranges, apples and whole grain bread.
• Ginger and other spices.
• Milk and dairy products are excellent sources of calcium.
• Useful fresh squeeze juice.

Products prohibited:

• Fast food, sausage products, semi-production products, chips and all refined products.
• Fat meat.
• Sdoba, white bread, sugar.
• Fat dairy, salty cheese.
• Mayonnaise, genetically modified fat.
• White rice, seaweed.
• Marinate, protection, salt.
• Alcohol, energy, soda.

Folk treatment methods

Always consult your attending physician before using any folk remedies for arthritis.

1. Mash nettle and juniper berries into uniform mass.With butter 1:3.To relieve the pain, rub the sore joints 3 times a day.
2. Elderberry black roots, flowers or branches.Pour 1 tablespoon.Use 1 cup boiling water to spoon the ingredients.Persist, wrap, 3 hours, and then strain.Drink 1/4 cup 30 minutes a day 30 minutes before meals.
3. Cook 10g bay leaves in 250 ml of water for five minutes.Leave for five hours.I drink alcohol from small sip all day from time to time.We had three days of treatment, five days off, and then we had three days of treatment.
4. Compress mustard with honey.Mix the mustard powder with honey and add an egg.Place the resulting ointment on gauze and apply it to a sore area.
5. Complex compression.Cut the cabbage into thin slices and pass through the juicer.Moisturize natural wool tissue in the juice and attach to sore spots.
6. The series is another excellent therapy for joint treatment.Boil 2 tablespoons in 250 ml of boiling water.After 20 minutes, it is ready.Take 2 tablespoons three times a day before meals.The course is 30 days.
7. Ointments for chamomile, wire and herds can handle pain well, thus alleviating inflammation.To prepare, you need to attach the herbs to petroleum jelly with equal amounts of chamomile flowers, wire, calf root for 1-2 days.Use ointment up to 5 times a day.
8. In boiling water, place equal parts of willow bark, birch and wire flowers.Boil the mixture for 10 minutes and let it cook the same amount under the lid.You need to cool the soup for 200ml half an hour before the meal.

prevention

The following moments play an important role in reducing joint risks:

• Get rid of extra weight;
• Treatment of musculoskeletal pathology;
• Active exercise throughout life;
• Appropriate nutrition (diet, balanced diet);
• Avoid hypothermia of joints;
• Healthy and healthy lifestyle.