Arthritis fingers - is a chronic disease that is characterized by the simultaneous or sequential inflammation in the joints of the fingers. The name of the disease comes from the Greek word polyarthritis, where polys - large, arthron - joint.
Overview
Arthritis hand occurs every seventh citizen of the Russian Federation.
Facts about the disease:
- Arthritis - "meteodependent" disease because often the symptoms occur in connection with the change of seasons and a sharp change in weather conditions.
- The disease mainly affects people aged over 50 years, according to statistics, every third person of that age is faced with this disease.
- Polyarthritis more prone women (the ratio of cases of detection of the disease in men is 3 to 1), this is due to the fact that the female population of the country's most busy painstaking manual labor.
- The disease often affects the metacarpophalangeal and interphalangeal joints.
- Folk remedies for the treatment of arthritis of the fingers, even on modern high stage of development of medicine, took first place among all the methods of treatment of the disease.
How does
For the treatment of arthritis of the fingers should be accurately ascertain the reasons for its occurrence. Currently, a plurality of factors that contribute to the appearance and progression of the disease.
Factors affecting the development of the disease:
- Mechanical injury (including bruises, cracks and fractures).
- Harmful working conditions (the disease is a "professional" for the majority of seamstresses, jewelers, watchmakers).
- Sporting load (arthritis often affects the fingers handball, volleyball and tennis).
- Genetic factor.
- Hormonal disorders.
- Abnormal metabolism mechanism.
- Infections of the human body.
- Allergic reactions to various pathogens.
- Autoimmune diseases.
- Severe hypothermia joints.
- Catarrhal diseases of viral origin.
- Strong stresses.
- Age-related changes in the body.
Among all these factors lead to manifestations of arthritis of the fingers and hands, should be note traumatic, because according to statistics, he is the leader among all others.
disease species
Arthritis of the fingers is characterized by the following methods.
By origin:
- Infection - occurs due to contact with a variety of infections in joints along with blood or straight path.
- Exchange (gout) - arises against salt deposits around the joints.
- Traumatic - result obtained by mechanical trauma.
- Rheumatoid - the consequences of immune reactions.
- Rheumatoid - affecting not only the joints, but internal organs.
- Psoriatic - manifested on the background of the underlying disease - psoriasis.
By steps:
- Primary - the disease is asymptomatic; there may be some difficulties with the implementation of common physical activities in the morning.
- Secondary - noticeably swollen joints of the fingers and hands; problems with the performance of simple tasks arise both morning and evening.
- Tertiary - marked symmetrical deformation of joints of the hand; severe pain and stiffness.
- Fourth step - step disability; characterized spliced cartilage and loss of motor function
With the flow:
- Acute - symptoms occur immediately after the onset of the disease in a pronounced manner.
- Chronic - the disease is in the body unnoticed, but face more severe consequences.
Localization:
- Proximal.
- Average.
- Distal.
Symptoms and medical treatment of arthritis of the fingers are directly dependent on the type of disease.
How to recognize the disease
The first symptoms of arthritis of the fingers - a sharp pain in his fingers when making any physical action.
Other symptoms:
- burning sensation and tingling;
- elevated at sites around the joint of the patient temperature (in the case of infectious arthritis of the fingers - the total increase in body temperature);
- redness of the skin of the fingers;
- crepitus - typical in disease creaking joints;
- edema and swelling of the fingers;
- tightness;
- formation of nodules under the skin;
- aching pain in the joints when changing weather;
- violation of the folding mechanism and the extension of the fingers;
- atrophied muscles in the affected areas;
- symmetrical curvature of the fingers of both hands, their strong deformation.
Signs of arthritis of hands can also be such things as weight loss, fatigue, fever wanton and general weakness of the body.
methods of diagnosis
Than to treat arthritis in the hands of a specialist rheumatologist determines after a thorough medical history.
Methods of collection history:
- Oral questioning.
- Evaluation of shape, size and symmetry of the joints, skin assessment on them.
- Palpation.
- The total, biochemical, immunological and serological blood tests.
- US.
- Radiography.
- CT and MRI.
- Puncture of joint fluid.
- Arthroscopic examination.
therapy methods
Treatment of arthritis of the fingers involves the restoration and preservation of the natural motor function, as well as to prevent their deformation and other severe consequences for the human body.
Medication:
- Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory. Preparations based on acetylsalicylic acid and ibuprofen. Applied in the form of tablets and ointments.
- Glucocorticoid drugs.
- Immunosuppressants. Basic antiarthritics based krizanoma and azathioprine.
- Vasodilators.
- Antibiotic agents.
- Corticosteroids.
Physiotherapy:
- Massage.
- Magnetic therapy.
- Electrophoresis.
- Diadynamic.
- Cryotherapy.
Endoprosthesis with arthritis of the fingers - an effective but expensive method of treatment. It is used when all other methods have not led to the expected effect of the treatment.
How to treat arthritis of the fingers folk remedies must also indicate the rheumatologist. Ordinary people applying means in the form of cabbage leaves and honey compresses may be useless in the last stage of the disease.
Improper and untimely treatment of the disease threatens to produce a degree of disability!
The consequences of the disease
In the treatment of arthritis of the fingers folk remedies without consulting with a specialist, or the absence of curative therapy at all, the following dangerous complications can arise.
- pathological changes ligaments;
- thinning of the joint cartilage;
- irreversible deformation of the fingers;
- total disability.
prevention
It should be remembered that in the hands of arthritis treated with the people who neglected the rules of simple preventive procedures.
Preventive procedures:
- Regular exercises the fingers and hands;
- healthy eating;
- avoidance of hypothermia;
- general strengthening of the body;
- timely treatment of infectious and viral diseases;
- observance of safety rules in the workplace;
- mandatory warm-up before playing sports with high loads on the hands and fingers;
- increasing the stress threshold.
The fingers should treat polyarthritis when the first symptoms of the disease. Low-cost and long duration of treatment for getting rid of all signs of the disease in a short time. After a short holiday to recover all the motor function of the fingers person returns to full employment.
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