Symptoms of rheumatoid disease

Rheumatoid disease is a common orthopedic disease. After becoming ill, patients will experience joint pain on rainy days. This pain can cause bad mood and affect normal life and work. Therefore, it is very important to receive timely treatment after becoming ill. There are many ways to treat rheumatoid disease, but if you can detect the symptoms early and receive treatment in time, you can only suffer less pain.

How can we detect rheumatoid disease as soon as possible? As we all know, in addition to regular check-ups, another more practical way to detect the disease early is to understand the symptoms of the disease and pay attention to changes in your own body. So, what are the symptoms of rheumatoid disease? Let’s learn about it together!

Symptoms of rheumatoid disease

Joint deformities:

This is the end of the disease. It is mostly caused by the destruction of articular cartilage and bone resulting in fibrous or bony ankylosis of the joints, or due to damage to the tendons and ligaments around the joints, resulting in various deformities of the joints, such as ulnar deviation of the fingers, swan neck changes, etc. This is an early symptom of rheumatoid arthritis.

Joint pain:

It is the earliest symptom to appear, and is common in the wrist, metacarpophalangeal joints, and proximal finger joints, followed by the knees, toes, elbows, shoulders, ankles, and temporomandibular joints. It is symmetrical, accompanied by tenderness, and recurrent symptoms that vary in severity. This is an early symptom of rheumatoid arthritis.

Morning stiffness:

It refers to the stiffness that occurs in the diseased joint after a long period of immobility, which can only be gradually relieved through movement. In joint diseases, morning stiffness is most obvious during the active phase of the disease and can last for more than 1 hour.

Swollen joints:

It is caused by joint effusion or inflammation of the soft tissue around the joint; in chronic patients, it is caused by synovial hypertrophy. Any area with joint pain may experience swelling. This is also one of the early symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis.

It should be noted here that rheumatoid disease is a disease with a high cure rate, but if it is not treated in time, the probability of cure will be much lower. Therefore, in order to avoid harm, you need to go to a regular hospital for professional examination and treatment. In addition, patients need to keep warm while receiving treatment, which will help improve the treatment effect.