1.What is rheumatic diseases
Rheumatic diseases refer to a group of diseases affecting bones, joints and their surrounding soft tissues, including 10 major categories of nearly 200 diseases. Most of them are related to immune dysfunction. The specific cause is still unknown, and may be related to environmental, infectious and genetic factors.
Disease characteristics: insidious and slow onset, early symptoms are atypical and easily misdiagnosed. With the development of the disease, it is easy to accumulate multiple systems, and in the late stage, joint deformity and systemic organ failure may occur. Therefore, early diagnosis and treatment is very necessary.
2, rheumatic disease treatment misconceptions
A considerable number of patients have misconceptions about the treatment of rheumatic diseases. Rheumatic disease can not simply take some painkillers. Temporary pain relief does not fundamentally treat the disease, leading to continued progress, recurrent attacks, and even eventually lead to deformity, loss of joint function and pain for life.
Standardized treatment in the rheumatology department of a regular hospital can provide maximum relief and stop the progression of the disease. Maintain the patient’s activity function and improve the prognosis.
3.Common symptoms of rheumatic diseases
(1) joint swelling, pain, joint cavity effusion
(2) Fever, which can be high, mainly low fever, ineffective antibiotic treatment or repeated fever
(3) Dry mouth and recurrent light mouth ulcers, dry eyes or astringent eyes
(4) muscle aches and weakness
(5) rash, which can be manifested as various erythema and skin lesions, especially rash on the face and trunk of the extremities in young women
(6) unexplained multi-organ damage
4, common rheumatic diseases.
Rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, systemic lupus erythematosus, dry syndrome, gout, osteoarthritis, dermatomyositis, mixed connective tissue disease, etc.
Understanding rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease characterized by chronic inflammation of the joints. It often starts in small joints and is mostly symmetrical, causing joint swelling, pain, stiffness, joint destruction, and even disability. It can also damage the heart, lungs, nerves and other internal organs.
Age of onset: 20-60 years old, most common in middle-aged women, mainly manifests as symmetrical joint swelling and pain. The goal of treatment is to control the disease, improve joint function and enhance the quality of life.
Understanding ankylosing spondylitis
Ankylosing spondylitis mainly affects the sacroiliac joints, spine, paraspinal tissues and peripheral joints, with extra-articular manifestations. Consider ankylosing spondylitis if you have the following symptoms.
(1) unexplained joint swelling and pain in adolescents
(2) Men or women aged <45 years with pain and stiffness in the low back and neck that does not improve with rest and decreases with activity.
5.Treatment of rheumatic diseases
In addition to the traditional treatment methods, the more advanced biological treatment, such as “Ixepro” “class gram” “Xumile” and so on.