Want to know the symptoms and types of rheumatism more closely?

Rheumatism is a complaint that is often found in everyday life. This disease includes abnormalities in the bones, joints, muscles and soft tissues around it. But unfortunately the understanding of the wider community about rheumatic diseases is still very lacking. So that most of the sufferers come late.

Therefore this time it is important for us to know that rheumatism can actually be caused by more than 100 types of diseases. Unfortunately, usually ordinary people consider rheumatism only one disease. Even though in fact each rheumatic disease has different causes and the treatment method is also different. Therefore it is necessary to understand the early symptoms of rheumatic disease, because this will increase the speed of diagnosis and prevent late therapy.

Symptoms of rheumatism that are easily felt are joint or muscle pain. If this pain persists for more than 2 weeks, you should immediately consult a Rheumatology Consultant to determine the cause. But joint pain is not the only symptom of rheumatic disease, because in autoimmune rheumatism can attack other organs. For example, Lupus, the initial symptoms other than joint pain can be accompanied by redness on the skin, often canker sores, hair loss, pallor, even kidney and lung disorders. Another example is scleroderma, a disease with hardened skin symptoms. This disease can be accompanied by heart and lung disorders. Even common rheumatic diseases such as gout can come with complaints of kidney stones

What should be a concern is that rheumatism can affect all ages. Rheumatic diseases can affect infants such as neonatal lupus, as well as children and adolescents such as juvenile ideopathic arthritis. Lupus is more about the productive age of 20-30 years. While Rheumatoid Arthritis generally attacks the age of 40s. In the elderly usually osteoarthritis or calcification of the joints.

Rheumatism has its own special features. The diagnosis process requires a combination of clinical symptoms and investigations (laboratory and radiology). Some common rheumatic diseases are rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis (calcification), gout (gout rheumatism), lupus, vasculitis and outside joint rheumatic disease (soft tissue rheumatic disease).

The following is a brief explanation of some rheumatic diseases that are often found in our society. Rheumatoid arthritis, is a rheumatic disease that attacks many women. The initial symptoms of this disease are joint pain, especially on the fingers. Pain is especially felt in the morning, accompanied by stiff joints in the morning. The treatment, first, with drugs to relieve pain and stiffness. Usually this group is only a temporary pain reliever. Second, is the most important drug, a drug that can prevent permanent joint damage / defects. This class of drugs is called special rheumatic drugs such as methotrexate, sulfasalasin, hydroxycloroquin, and biological agents.

Osteoarthritis or calcification of joints (according to lay people), is a joint cartilage disease that affects many parents. The causes include obesity, a history of previous joint injuries, old age and excessive use.

Gout is a disease due to excessive uric acid. Symptoms of sudden severe pain will improve in a few days. If left untreated there can be a buildup of uric acid in the skin and joints called tophus. Gout can also cause kidney stones and kidney damage.

Lupus is an autoimmune rheumatic disease that can attack organs throughout the body. The initial symptoms can be joint pain, chronic skin spots, hair loss, recurrent fever and recurrent canker sores.

Vasculitis is a rheumatic disease caused by inflammation of blood vessels. Symptoms are usually wounds or ulcers that recur on the skin. In addition to the skin, vasculitis can also affect organs throughout the body such as the kidneys and brain.

Outdoor arthritis is a rheumatic disease that affects the soft tissues around the joints, for example tendons, bursae and ligaments.

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