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Symptoms and treatment of rheumatism
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Rhumatisme - Symptômes, diagnostic et traitementFR
RheumatismUS
Symptoms and treatment of rheumatismES
Reumatismi: sintomi e cureIT


Rheumatism is a general term that commonly refers to all chronic pain in the joints.

    What is rheumatism?
        What is rheumatism not articulate
        What is inflammatory rheumatism?
    What are the symptoms of rheumatism?
    How to know if I have rheumatism
    How rheumatism is cured


What is rheumatism?
The word rheumatism is a term that is inaccurately applied to all diseases responsible for pain or inflammation of joints or structures located near them, such as tendons and ligaments. These diseases have different forms: chronic inflammatory rheumatism, acute arthritis, osteoarthritis due to degeneration of the joint (caused by aging), tendinitis, storage of crystals in the joints, post-traumatic pain in the joints, among others. Rheumatism affects patients of all ages and is not just a prerogative of aging. Chronic inflammatory rheumatisms are the most disabling and their evolution is often characterized by joint stiffness or deformation. Osteoarthritis, however, corresponds to a wear and tear of the joints that can not be cured by treatment.

What is rheumatism not articulate
Non-joint rheumatism (abarticular) does not affect the joints. In this category, there are diseases such as fibromyalgia, periarthritis, tendinitis, bursitis or carpal tunnel syndrome. However, other vasomotor pathologies are in the same category of joint rheumatism, including Raynaud's disease (circulation problems).
What is inflammatory rheumatism?
This type of rheumatism, as the attribute suggests, is inflammation that can affect one or more joints and appears as symptoms that are usually related to an inflammatory disease. Unlike the degenerative rheumatism represented by arthritis, it does not depend on aging and can appear at any age. Rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis can affect children and even in this case there is talk of chronic inflammatory rheumatism or chronic polyarthritis of the child. The treatment, in these cases, is based on the administration of analgesics or anti-inflammatories, local injections of corticosteroids, in case of pain exacerbation, rehabilitation with physiotherapy and other specific treatments for each type of inflammatory arthritis.
What are the symptoms of rheumatism?
The symptoms of rheumatism vary depending on the responsible disease and may manifest with joint pain; inflammation of the joints, which appear hot and swollen; and a feeling of stiffness, especially when rising up in inflammatory rheumatisms, which diminish during the day with movement.
How to know if I have rheumatism
The diagnosis of rheumatism is based on the classic medical examination and the questioning of the patient about what he suffers, what joints are affected and how the pain manifests, among other questions. Depending on the location and symptoms, radiological examinations are prescribed. Among them, radiography, computerized tomography, magnetic resonance or ultrasound. In some cases, it may be necessary to perform a joint puncture to analyze the fluid contained in the joint and look for the presence of solidified bacteria or crystals. Among the complementary tests, there are blood tests.
How rheumatism is cured
The treatment of rheumatism depends on the type of disease that is causing it: inflammatory, degenerative or caused by an infection. Often, they turn to analgesic and analgesic medications such as acetaminophen, anti-inflammatory or other less common. In the case of bacterial infection, the treatment administers antibiotics and surgery can be considered. There are also medications that aim to slow the evolution of chronic rheumatic diseases. For some types of arthritis, it may also be necessary to replace the joint with a prosthesis.
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