Introduction to Arthritis

Ankylosing Spondylitis

Arthritis Condition and Pain Problem

What is Arthritis

Arthritis Conditions and Prolems

Causes of Osteoarthritis

Arthritis Disease and Effects

Predisposing Factors of Arthritic

Osteoarthritis and Prolapsed Disc

Conditions Like Arthritis

Overweight Problem Cause Arthritis

Osteoarthritis Disease

Arthritis as Personal Disease

Arthritis Infection and Problem

Arthritis Conditions

Osteoarthritis Diagnosis

Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment

Rheumatoid Arthritis Causes

Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease

Arthritis Disease and its Effects

Growing Pains

Many children, particularly age six through 12, experience vague aches and pains in their aims and legs, often at night for unknown reasons. Such aches may occasionally interfere with a child’s sleep, but require no treatment. However, if there is swelling of joints, a physician should be consulted.

Collagen Vascular Diseases

There is a group of connective tissue diseases that are caused by malfunctioning of the immune system, often affecting blood vessels and producing secondary damage in the connective tissues. Included in the category of collagen vascular diseases are rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, scleroderma, and other less clearly defined disorders.

Scleroderma

Scieroderma is a disease of the connective tissue and may also affect the joints, skin, blood vessels, and internal organs such as the lungs and kidneys. The word scleroderma means hard skin; most people with this condition develop stiffness and tightness of their skin over their face, aims, and fingers.

The disease usually starts between age 30 and 50, and affects more women than men.

A frequent first symptom of scleroderma is an extreme sensitivity to cold in the fingers resulting in tingling or numbness known as Raynaud’s phenomenon. Swelling, a feeling of heat and tenderness are not as apparent in scleroderma as in rheumatoid arthritis. However, individuals who have scleroderma have a swelling of the tissue around the joints in the hands or feet and muscle weakness.

Causes of scleroderma are unknown. It is not contagious or inherited. Treatment is usually tailored to the individual case, and may involve use of medications, massage and careful choice of wearing apparel, quitting smoking, biofeedback training, and sleeping with the head of the bed raised to relieve digestive problems.

Dengue

This disease gives rise to a very acute form of pen-arthritis (that is, inflammation of surrounding tissues of a joint). Intense pain and sometimes swelling occur in the tendons and muscles around the joints. These usually disappear when the fever subsides, but may recur in the stage of convalescence and last for weeks or months. The condition should be differentiated from rheumatic fever, from which it differs in being epidemic and in not responding to salicylates. Pain killers are given to relieve pain.