What is rheumatism `cold disease` ... and its causes, symptoms and treatment?

2019-11-17 2019-11-17T12:27:58Z
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Weather Arabs - is rheumatism or "arthritis" or "rheumatic fever" of the leading diseases of cold weather and winter, Valbroodh increase its severity, but suffering is different from one patient to another .. but what do you know about rheumatic disease, and its causes? And what is his treatment?

What is rheumatism?

To begin with, it is important to know that rheumatism has several definitions. This fever infects the joints inflammation and may affect the heart muscle inflammation and lead to heart failure if not treated and affect the nervous system and usually affects children and adolescents.

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Others have considered it a chronic disease of the joints, which is arthritis and surrounding tissues (lining), causing swelling in the affected joints and high fever and sometimes pain.

Scientists have not yet found the exact cause of rheumatism, but many have blamed the immune system (the body's immune cells start attacking it and normal body cells, causing so-called "autoimmune diseases"), some of which are due to a virus. .

Research has shown that women are more likely to develop rheumatism than men, and the age at which the disease can occur ranges from 20 to 60 years, as well as the likelihood of people with the disease varies depending on family health record, heredity and tonsillitis infection in childhood.

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Symptoms of rheumatism:

  • The patient's sense of heat with loss of appetite, general weakness and palpitations of the heart and joint pain are the most important symptoms of the disease.

  • Swollen joints, high fever and pale color.

  • Reducing joint mobility due to joint pain.

  • High body temperature, sometimes dehydration, loss of appetite and dysfunction of joints, especially the joints of the fingers and toes with numbness.

  • The appearance of subcutaneous scars with redness in some areas of the skin and sometimes inflammation of the symptoms of rheumatism , in addition to pallor of the face.

  • Feeling of rotation when changing the position of standing and sitting, due to anemia that can affect the patient as a result of lack of bone marrow activity that synthesizes red blood cells.

  • Some patients with rheumatism suffer from burning eyes and itching and inflammation.

  • The signs and symptoms of rheumatism begin to increase with increased physical fatigue, patient weight, and increased cold sensation.

Treatment of rheumatism

The treatment of rheumatism focuses on total comfort, taking aspirin and cortisone medications with the advice of a doctor and the use of penicillin for at least five years after the injury or twenty years of age, as well as focusing on warmth and stay away from cold places as much as possible.

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.
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