Arthritis (osteoarthritis or osteoarthritis (DoA), or joint deformation)- The disease of joints, in which articular cartilage is affected in the early stages, then the muscles, ligaments, nerves, as well as bone tissue, are included in the pathological process.
Arthrosis is a disease that develops due to different causes.They include metabolic disorders, trauma, poisoning, etc.
Patients often call Arthricis muscle disease, any joints in which pain, mobile limitations and other discomfort in the area of one or more joints are observed, this is not always true.Osteoarthritis and pain related to it develops as a result of the aging of joints, due to the effects of different negative factors, however, the cause of joint pain may be both infections and injuries, and in these cases, we are talking about other diseases.
Statistical
Up to 70% of patients when appointing a general doctor, therapist, neurologist, surgeon, rheumatoid doctor complaining about joint pain.Usually, these are pain in the lower back and in the area of large joints (knees, hips).Around the world, and in Russia in particular, up to 70% of cases are not capable of working long -term in osteoarthritis.There are quite a lot of patients - up to 10% of those who have included a doctor due to progressive arthritis that received defects and need continuous support.Arthritis is one of the top reasons for the early departure of a person from a full social life, in statistics, it only ranks second after coronary heart disease.
The probability of developing arthritis increases with age: In people over 50 years old, it occurs in 27% of cases, in the elderly over 70 years old, the circulation rate is 97%, due to the age -related load on the joints and the expiry of normal operation.
Causes and development
The main factor in the development of muscle disease is the nutrient violation of articular cartilage, leading to its destruction.It is not so important, because this happens (the weight is too large, professional sports, the characteristics of the work, hormonal disorders, congenital joint defects, etc.), the result is the same: Results: Result: Result:
- In articular cartilage, changes begin, leading to loss of elasticity;In the thickness of cartilage, Vicrocracks appear;
- The blood supply for joints is disturbed, the production of joint fluid is reduced, joint mechanics change;
- After that, all joints, nearby and ending nerve ends.
Degenerative disorders are listed leading to the development of symptoms of arthritis, and the disease begins at a time when the mechanical load does not change become transcendental to joints (or joints) and activate its destruction processes.
Symptom
Unlike other common diseases, muscle disease has developed for many years, for a long time and cannot be recognized for humans.At the time when the body signals the problem in joints with severe pain, the pathological process of which has been given.
Pain is the main symptom of arthritis (osteoarthritis), in the early stages of the pain that is not manifested, weak, equivalent to discomfort.The discomfort in the joints occurs after the loading is independent, without any medical or medicinal intervention, but they quickly become tangible and limit the usual human movement.
Pain may occur when resting or when starting moving (for example, starting from the beginning), for example, in the morning after sleeping or after a long time sitting in the day in a position, when moving, they pass.Arthritis is also characterized by the night rest, also quickly reduced when starting motor activity.Patients who experience joint problems often say that to eliminate uncomfortable feelings, kneading bones, how the joints, generally, are quite accurate for this situation.
Pain is not only due to the disorder of the joints.When all the components of the joints, muscles and nerves are related to this process, the pain becomes diverse and painful: shooting along the nerve spread along the muscle.The blood supply for joints, nerves, muscles is disturbed, changing degenerative quickly occurs in them.
Temporary or continuous limitations for general mobility (shrinking) developed due to serious pathological changes in joint and muscle tissue.For example, with arthritis of the hip joints, shortening the limbs, the deviation of the pelvis and the curvature of the spine.
The crisis in the joints in the initial period is almost invisible, but when the disease develops when moving, it becomes unchanged.This symptom is related to patients with arthritis even more pain, because it shows serious disorders, the aging of the body and the skeletal muscle system in particular.
In the later stages of arthritis, deformed joints, related to the loss of the curvature of all joint surfaces, bone growth, reducing the amount of joint fluid and sublimation of joints.
Stage
Depending on the severity of the symptoms, some stages of osteoarthritis are distinguished.
In the first stage, there is no pain in the rest and in moderate loading, they only appear after high load (exercise, weight transfer, run) or after a long stinging position.A person does not experience limitations and difficulties in motion.Treatment with drugs is not necessary.
In the second phase of pain, pronunciation and constant, quickly arising under the influence of the factors (prolonged walking, physical activity), not overcome by themselves.Patients are limited in motion, mobility of some joints - knees, hips and others are limited.Medical assistance, a treatment regime should be prescribed, including drugs and methods that are not methods.
In the third phase, patients move with difficulties, need to be cared for continuously and painfully.As a rule, surgical treatment (endrosthetic) and large physical therapy is necessary to restore the quality of life.
The symptoms of osteoarthritis appeared from a young age, and in this case, it is necessary not to ignore them, but to consult a doctor.Treatment according to timely regulations will support the normal function of joints and help avoid the rapid progression of the disease.