The manifestations of rheumatoid arthritis X-ray include early manifestations such as osteoporosis and swelling shadow of periarticular soft tissues, and progressive manifestations such as bone destruction and joint space narrowing.
X-ray is an important imaging tool to assess the damage of joint structure in rheumatoid arthritis. In the early stage, the main manifestations are soft tissue swelling around the joints and osteoporosis at the joint ends, and occasionally subcapsular destruction of articular cartilage or bone erosion can be seen.
With the progression of the disease, X-ray of rheumatoid arthritis patients can be shown as worm-eaten changes in the joint surface, joint space narrowing and other bone destruction; in the late stage, there can also be subluxation of the joints and joint destruction of the fibrous and bony ankylosis and other imaging manifestations.
Rheumatoid arthritis patients are recommended to go to the rheumatology and immunology department of the hospital as soon as possible, and under the guidance of specialists for early and standardized treatment to control joint lesions and improve the prognosis.