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Do you have any of these symptoms?
- Persistent joint pain
- Joint swelling, stiffness, redness, and or warmth
- Pain or tenderness in a joint which gets worse by movement or activity (walking, typing or turning a key for
example) - Loss of flexibility or range of motion in a joint
- Joint deformity
- Weight loss
- Fatigue
- Non-specific fever
- Cracking noise arthritic joints make upon movement (Crepitus)
If you answered “yes” for any of the symptoms above, you should see a doctor. You may have Arthritis.
By the way, do you know what Arthritis is?
The literal meaning is “joint inflammation”. But there are a group of more than 100 rheumatic diseases that can also
be defined as Arthritis. The symptoms are pain, stiffness, and swelling in the joints. Arthritis can also affect muscles,
bones, tendons, and ligaments, as well as some internal organs.
The list below contains the most common arthritic conditions:
Ankylosing spondylitis: This condition primarily affects the spine, but it may also cause Arthritis in the hips,
shoulders, and knees. The tendons and ligaments around the bones and joints in the spine become inflamed.
Symptoms include pain and stiffness, especially in the lower back. It tends to develop during late adolescence or early
adulthood.
Bursitis: Inflammation of the bursae (small, fluid-filled sacs that help reduce friction between bones and other moving
structures in joints). The inflammation may result from Arthritis in the joint, or from injury or infection of the bursae.
Symptoms include pain, tenderness, and limited movement of the involved joint.
Fibromyalgia: A chronic syndrome associated with pain and stiffness throughout the tissues that support and move
the bones and joints. Pain and localized tender points occur in the muscles and tendons, particularly those of the
neck, spine, shoulders, and hips. Other common symptoms include widespread pain, fatigue, and sleep
disturbances.
Gout: Results from deposits of needle-like crystals of uric acid in the connective tissue near joints and/or in the joint
space. Symptoms include inflammation, swelling, and pain in the affected joint, often the big toe. Infectious Arthritis: In
some cases, Arthritis can develop as part of a bacterial or viral infection. If a bacterial infection is involved, early
diagnosis and treatment with antibiotics may relieve the Arthritis symptoms and cure the disease.
Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis: Chronic condition that causes inflammation in one or more joints and begins before
the age of 16. It is the most common form of Arthritis in children. Symptoms include pain, stiffness, swelling, and loss
of function in the joints. The Arthritis may be associated with rashes or fevers, and it may affect other parts of the body.
Psoriatic Arthritis: Occurs in some patients with psoriasis, a common scaling skin disorder. Psoriatic Arthritis often
affects the joints at the ends of the fingers and causes changes in the fingernails and toenails.
Reactive Arthritis: Can develop after an infection of the lower urinary tract, intestines, or other organs. It is commonly
associated with eye problems, skin rashes, and mouth sores.
Scleroderma: Also known as systemic sclerosis, scleroderma means hard skin. It refers to several diseases that
almost always affect the skin, blood vessels, and joints. A more serious form also affects internal organs such as the
lungs and kidneys. In scleroderma patients, there is an excessive production of collagen (a fiber-like protein) in the
involved areas of skin or internal organs.
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE): Also known as lupus, SLE is an autoimmune disease in which the immune
system harms the body's cells and tissues. This can result in inflammation and damage to the joints, skin, kidneys,
heart, lungs, blood vessels, or brain.
Tendinitis (tendonitis): Refers to inflammation of tendons (tough cords of tissue that connect muscle to bone) caused
by overuse, injury, or Arthritis-producing conditions. Symptoms include pain, tenderness, and restricted movement of
nearby joints.
What really causes Arthritis pain?
The pain of Arthritis may come from inflammation of the synovial membrane (tissue that lines the joints), the tendons,
or the ligaments; muscle strain; and fatigue. If these factors are combined, it can intensify the pain.
People react differently to pain for several reasons such as emotional, social or physical conditions. Activities also
affect pain differently. One can note pain after prolonged use of the joint while others feel pain immediately after rising
from sleep.
Most forms of Arthritis are associated with pain that can be divided into two general categories: acute and chronic.
What defines an acute pain is that it is temporary while a chronic pain is long-lasting.
What is pain?
Pain is the body's warning system, alerting you that something is wrong. The International Association for the Study of
Pain defines it as an unpleasant experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage to a person's body.
Specialized nervous system cells (neurons) that transmit pain signals are found throughout the skin and other body
tissues. These cells respond to things such as injury or tissue damage. Pain "tells" you that you need to do
something. For example, when a harmful agent such as a sharp knife comes in contact with your skin, chemical
signals travel from neurons in the skin through nerves in the spinal cord to your brain, where they are interpreted as
pain.
Pain is more common than you think.
In a poll by The Gallup Organization from May 21-June 9, 1999, nine out of ten Americans reported they have pain at
least once a month, and for 15 percent of them, the pain is severe.
You should also know that nearly 43 million Americans are affected by Arthritis. Based on predictions of population
growth, in 2020 an estimated 60 million Americans will have some form of Arthritis.
OsteoArthritis (OA) is the most common type and affects more than 20 million Americans. It begins with the
breakdown of cartilage in joints, resulting in joint pain and stiffness. An estimated 2.1 million people, about 1% of all
American adults, have Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). It involves inflammation of the lining of many different joints in your
body. In some people, RA can also affect other parts of the body, including the blood, the lungs, and the heart.
Inflammation of the joint lining, called the synovium, can cause pain, stiffness, swelling, warmth, and redness. The
affected joint may also lose its shape, resulting in loss of normal movement. RA can last a long time, and can be a
disease of flares (active) and remissions (little to no activity).
Who can be affected by Arthritis?
Some risk factors determine who gets Arthritis, such as:
Age: Arthritis is the leading cause of physical disability among adults 18 years of age and older;
Gender: in general, Arthritis occurs more frequently in women than in men;
Obesity: increases the chances of getting OsteoArthritis (OA), particularly for women. There is a clear link between
obesity and the development of OA of the knee in women;
Work factors: Work-related repetitive injury and physical trauma contribute to the development of OA. If you have a
strenuous job that requires repetitive bending, kneeling, or squatting, you are at high risk for OA of the knee.
How to cope with Arthritis pain?
You are the main participant in the process to manage your pain. There are some things that may help you to cope
with your pain. Some of them are just related to your attitude - keeping a positive attitude and humor can make you feel
better. Others are alternatives techniques such as hot and cold treatments, appropriate exercise and wise use of
joints, counseling and other supports, physical therapy, cognitive- behavioral therapy, occupational therapy, relaxation
(deep breathing, meditation and biofeedback for example) and other pain management techniques (massage and
topical lotions for example).
Having a healthy diet, getting enough sleep and staying aware about new research about pain management can also
help you to cope with your Arthritis pain.
There are also things that you should avoid because they can only make your pain worse: worsening of underlying
condition, stress, overdoing physical activity, focusing on pain, fatigue, anxiety and depression.
The goals of these methods are to control pain by learning new ways to reduce it, taking as few pain medicines as
possible, changing pain habits that disrupt your normal lifestyle and increasing your physical and social activity so you
can return, as much as possible, to an active life.
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