Arthritis

Arthritis be a general medical term dem use to describe a disorder insyd wich de smooth cartilagenous layer wey dey line a joint be lost, wey dey result in bone grinding on bone during joint movement. Symptoms generally dey include joint pain den stiffness. Oda symptoms fi include redness, warmth, swelling, den decreased range of motion of de affected joints. Insyd certain types of arthritis, oda organs, such as de skin, sanso be affected. Onset fi be gradual anaa sudden.

Der be chaw types of arthritis. De most common forms be osteoarthritis (dem most commonly see insyd weightbearing joints) den rheumatoid arthritis. Osteoarthritis usually dey occur as a person dey age den often dey affect de hips, knees, shoulders, den fingers. Rheumatoid arthritis be an autoimmune disorder wey often dey affect de hands den feet. Oda types of arthritis dey include gout, lupus, den septic arthritis. Dese be inflammatory based types of rheumatic disease.

Early treatment for arthritis commonly dey include resting de affected joint den conservative measures such as heating anaa icing. Weight loss den exercise sanso fi be useful to reduce de force across a weightbearing joint. Medication intervention for symptoms dey depend on de form of arthritis. Dese fi include anti-inflammatory medications such as ibuprofen den paracetamol (acetaminophen). Plus severe cases of arthritis, joint replacement surgery fi be necessary.

Osteoarthritis be de most common form of arthritis wey dey affect more dan 3.8% of people, while rheumatoid arthritis be de second most common wey dey affect about 0.24% of people. Insyd Australia about 15% of people be affected by arthritis, while insyd de United States more dan 20% get a type of arthritis. Overall arthritis cam be more common plus age. Arthritis be a common reason people be unable to carry out dema work den fi result in decreased ability to complete activities of daily living. Dem derive de term arthritis from arthr- (wey dey mean 'joint') den -itis (wey dey mean 'inflammation').

 Classification 
Der be chaw diseases wer joint pain be de most prominent symptom. Generally wen a person get "arthritis" e dey mean say dem get one of de diseases wey dey follow:

 Hemarthrosis
 Osteoarthritis
 Rheumatoid arthritis
 Gout den pseudo-gout
 Septic arthritis
 Ankylosing spondylitis
 Juvenile idiopathic arthritis

 Still's disease
 Psoriatic arthritis

Joint pain sanso fi be a symptom of oda diseases. Insyd dis case, de person no fi get arthritis den instead dem get one of de diseases wey dey follow:

 Psoriasis
 Reactive arthritis
 Ehlers–Danlos syndrome

 Iron overload
 Hepatitis
 Lyme disease
 Sjögren's disease

 Hashimoto's thyroiditis
 Celiac disease
 Non-celiac gluten sensitivity
 Inflammatory bowel disease (wey dey include Crohn's disease den ulcerative colitis)

 Henoch–Schönlein purpura
 Hyperimmunoglobulinemia D plus recurrent fever
 Sarcoidosis
 Whipple's disease
 TNF receptor associated periodic syndromesubscription needed
 Granulomatosis plus polyangiitis (den chaw oda vasculitis syndromes)
 Familial Mediterranean fever
 Systemic lupus erythematosus

 An undifferentiated arthritis be an arthritis wey no dey fit into well-known clinical disease categories, possibly dem be an early stage of a definite rheumatic disease.

 References 

 External links 

 American College of Rheumatology – US professional society of rheumatologists
 National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases - US National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
 The Ultimate Arthritis Diet Arthritis Foundation


Category:Aging-associated diseases
Category:Inflammations
Category:Rheumatology
Category:Skeletal disorders
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