This type of disease affects the joints and can cause pain, deformity and difficulty in moving.
Arthritis is a disease that causes joint inflammation and can become disabling. According to Tatiana Molinas Hasegawa, a rheumatologist, it is an immune system problem, classified as autoimmune and can be very destructive.
“It is as if the body begins to attack itself. The immune system, which was created to defend us, begins to see the joint system as an enemy,” he explains. Furthermore, it is a rapidly evolving problem.
arthritis symptoms
In joints the most affected are the fingers and toes, but it can affect any other. “It is characterized by a combination of symptoms that affect one or more joints, such as pain, swelling (swelling), redness, stiffness and difficulty moving,” explains Ingrid Moss, rheumatologist.
Causes of disease
According to Tatiana Molinas Hasegawa, the causes of this problem are not yet well defined. “It’s a disease of the immune system. There are medical trends that speak of an infectious cause, a bacterial infection, viral; and another current believes that it is due to an important emotional shock, an alteration of the psycho-emotional system, a very strong stress, a loss that could have led this immune system to turn against the person “, he explains.
People most affected by arthritis
Arthritis mainly affects women, between the ages of 35 and 40, and affects the feet, hands and knees. However, in men it is usually more aggressive, both in the joint and outside the joint. According to Tatiana Molinas Hasegawa, it is believed that women are most affected due to the hormonal factor.
Additionally, there is also juvenile arthritis. “It strikes sons of both sexes, aged between 2 and 3 years. It causes many deformities, is much more aggressive and can be present in other autoimmune diseases, “adds the rheumatologist.
associated diseases to arthritis
According to doctor Ingrid Moss, arthritis can be classified in several ways. “According to the nature or cause of the disease, the age group in which it occurs, the type and number of joints that are affected, the duration of symptoms, the presence of another associated disease and several other forms, “he explains. He cites three common types of diseases in which arthritis is a major clinical manifestation:
- Rheumatoid arthritis: affects more middle-aged women. It has a slow and progressive onset of arthritis in several small and medium-sized joints.
- Rheumatic fever: it affects more children, with acute onset of arthritis in one or a few joints, of a migratory nature, that is, when one joint is improving, the other begins to become inflamed.
- Drop: it affects the most menwith very acute onset of painful arthritis of one or a few joints (which almost always includes the big toe joint), and is related to increased uric acid in the body.
Pay attention to the symptoms
It is important to be aware of the symptoms and to consult a rheumatologist as soon as they appear, as there is no way to prevent the disease. “Most arthritis, because it is autoimmune in nature and involves several genetic and environmental factors, is very difficult to prevent,” Ingrid Moss warns.
Arthritis treatment
Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis may or may not have the use of drugs. “The drug consists of analgesics, anti-inflammatory drugs and disease-modifying drugs, which are numerous, from oral drugs to injectable drugs,” says Tatiana Molinas Hasegawa.
Non-medication is done with physiotherapy, hydrotherapy, pilates, therapeutic gym and nutrition, to avoid weight gain and, consequently, joint overload. “Also the part of the insoles, which will immobilize the inflamed parts, wrist, hand, knee”, completes the rheumatologist.
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