Joint pain, must be rheumatoid?

In clinical practice, I encountered many patients with joint pain, and I was very nervous.

Even many people think: "joint pain, not rheumatism is rheumatoid" this statement

First of all, when the body is unwell and can choose to go to the hospital in time, it shows that the patient is still very wise

Instead of thinking that it’s not too serious anyway, you can endure it, or you can go to the folk to find some remedies to fiddle with yourself, or ask someone to buy some “special painkillers” and topical tinctures for rheumatism and muscle pain in Hong Kong or even Thailand.

After many patients took the "painkillers" produced in Hong Kong or Southeast Asia, they felt that the effect was very good, as if it had a miraculous effect.

In fact, most of these so-called special drugs contain long-acting hormones, or a combination of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and hormones

Long-term use will not only have obvious side effects, but also cover up the disease.

Back to the issue of joint pain, many patients have misunderstandings about joint pain, thinking that joint pain is rheumatoid.

Next, we will introduce some common arthritis-related diseases:

01 Osteoarthritis

Primary osteoarthritis is the most common type of arthritis in middle-aged and elderly people with a high incidence.

There are even snapping sounds or bone friction sounds during activities, which mostly involve weight-bearing joints such as knee joints, hand joints, spine, and feet, or joints with frequent activities

02 gouty arthritis

Gouty arthritis is directly related to gout, which is caused by excessive uric acid in the body due to abnormal uric acid metabolism and deposited in the joints

When typical gouty arthritis occurs, the first metatarsophalangeal joint of the foot (the joint between the big toe and the dorsum of the foot) is often red, swollen, hot and painful, and other joints such as ankle joints and hand joints are often affected

03 Rheumatoid Arthritis

Rheumatoid arthritis is a type of systemic connective tissue inflammation that recurs after the throat is infected with group A beta-hemolytic streptococcus

In acute attacks, arthritis is usually more obvious, and it is often manifested as migratory pain in large joints such as knees, ankles, elbows, wrists, and shoulders, accompanied by redness, swelling, and burning

The onset is self-limiting, and joint pain rarely persists for more than a month and usually resolves within 2 weeks

Therefore, when you have joint pain, you do not necessarily have rheumatoid arthritis