What is rheumatism?

Weather of Arabia - rheumatism is a word derived from the Greek word rheumatism, meaning fluidity or leaching (i.e. leaching of the joints), and in Arabic rheumatic or rheumatic diseases, which is a branch of the specialty of internal or internal diseases, and it contains several hundreds of rheumatic diseases, including :

1- Group of inflammatory diseases :

It is the largest and most dangerous group, and it is distinguished by the symptoms that appear on the patient's joint, in particular (redness, swelling and warmth of the joint, limited movement of the joint, and pain) as all of these symptoms are called inflammation .

- This inflammation is a symptom and not a disease, and it affects children and adults as well as mothers, as it causes the patient to wake up from sleep in the second half of the night with stiffness or stiffness in the joints in the morning that lasts more than a quarter of an hour, and reaches hours depending on the situation

Pathogenesis .

- inflammation can be accompanied by some of the general symptoms as symptoms , cold, fatigue and fatigue, and high temperature, skin rash, hair loss and abortion Mtakerrand some women, clots in the legs, dry mouth, eyes, redness of the iris,

And ulcers in the mouth and genitals, symptoms related to the genitourinary system, and symptoms related to blood such as anemia, headache and dizziness, and to the digestive system such as diarrhea with blood in the stool, constipation or difficulty swallowing, vasculitis, and others .

Some examples of the above diseases as a disease :

Rheumatoid, erythematous lupus, Behcet's disease, Mediterranean fever, and others .

2- Group of degenerative joint roughness :

And it has to do with aging, joint nutrition, weight, effort and movement, and what has to do with some manual professions and sports, an example of this is the roughness of the knee joints

And their symptoms

- Detailed knee pain especially when going down the stairs more than a rise, pain when using the toilet ground, and walk in the uneven ground, and in prayer.

Cartilage diseases such as neck pain, and may extend to the upper extremities with paresthesia and dizziness, pain after exertion, after coughing and sneezing .

Lower back pain , extending to the legs with paresthesia and warmth in the feet, difficulty moving and increases after effort and fatigue and when lifting things or a fast wrong movement or long standing .

These matters need to be detailed, because of the possibility of a corrupt fluid gathering in the joint, which must be withdrawn and analyzed to find out the cause of the disease, especially in bacterial infection and gout.

3- Genetic :

Especially spine pain in children, and flatness of the feet, and curves of the spine .

4- Group of orthopedic diseases :

Osteoporosis, osteoporosis, and bone hyperplasia disease .

5- Bone and joint cancer, primary and secondary .

6- Rheumatic diseases resulting from allergies, weather fluctuations and the psychological state of man .

7- Diseases related to metabolism and nutrition, such as diabetes, obesity, and gout .

8- Malnutrition or bone perfusion disease, and others .

Any type of disease must be monitored. Because without treatment, it leads to disability, disability and deformity, and complications on the eyes, heart, nerves, kidneys, liver, and others, and rare cases turn into cancer .

The patient should follow up and patience with regular periodic laboratory and clinical examinations. For fear of the negative effects of treatment and disease, a cure, God willing, will take place .

These diseases can be treated with the following medicines to relieve symptoms or cure it (in rare cases) :

• Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory ( NSAIDs), which are too many .
• Corticosteroids labeled as steroids .

A group of drugs that stop the progression of the disease, namely :

Including immunosuppressants such as methotrexate and others .

Biological treatment :

These drugs are dangerous, as they must be monitored periodically and continuously, preferably monthly, by doing pre-treatment checks for the liver, kidneys, tuberculosis and blood, and excluding any bacterial infection, and must follow up with a doctor who specializes in rheumatology .

Joint surgery :

A specialist in orthopedics is performed according to the patient's condition, for example, joint implantation, tendon surgery, water bag removal, and joint cosmetic or correction .

Source: altibbi