Saturday, January 12, 2008

Rheumatoid arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis What is the difference

Although rheumatoid arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis only difference, but the meaning is completely different. RA is a manifestation of rheumatic fever. Rheumatic fever is from Group A hemolytic streptococcus infection caused by systemic allergic diseases, often the beginning of the disease such as infection with erysipelas history. Rheumatic fever rapid onset, and more common in young people. RA violations of the heart can be caused rheumatic heart disease, and have a fever and skin nodules and rashes, and other performance. RA has two characteristics : First, the Red joints, swelling, heat, pain Clearly, it is not, the incidence is often part of the knee. hip, ankle and other joints lower limbs, followed by the shoulder, elbow, wrist, hand, foot and the small joints rare; 2 migration pain is uncertain, for a period of time the joint attack is a period of time that is not joint, but the pain duration is not long, A few days can be dissipated. ESR accelerate blood tests, anti-"0" titer increased, rheumatoid factor negative. Cured after recurrence, and joint deformities leave, and some patients can change left over from a heart attack. RA is an autoimmune disease, not a hereditary disease, but may be related to genetic factors, occur in women aged 20 -40. Early symptoms of joint pain, swelling, Fajiang, activities inconvenience when light at the weight, asthma and recurrences are common. Chang left ankylosis bone deformities. Although a few patients to have cardiovascular disease, but the vast majority of patients without cardiac symptoms, rheumatoid factor positive. Evidently, rheumatism and rheumatoid arthritis are though, have joint pain symptoms, but not the same disease, should not be mingled.

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