Arthritis Type

There are many type of arthritis, rheumatic diseases and related conditions. Information about the causes, diagnosis, symptoms, and treatment options for the most common types of arthritis, rheumatic diseases and related conditions.

Arthritis literally means joint inflammation. Arthritis is not a single disease. Arthritis refers to a group of more than 100 rheumatic diseases and other conditions that can cause pain, stiffness and swelling in the joints.

Any part of your body can become inflamed or painful from arthritis. Some rheumatic conditions can result in debilitating, even life-threatening complications or may affect other parts of the body including the muscles, bones, and internal organs.

The two most common types of arthritis are osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis can affect anyone at any age, including children. The incidence of arthritis increases with age, but nearly three out of every five sufferers are under age 65.

If left undiagnosed and untreated, many types of arthritis can cause irreversible damage to the joints, bones, organs, and skin.
Osteoarthritis

Osteoarthritis, also known as degenerative joint disease, results from wear and tear. The pressure of gravity causes physical damage to the joints and surrounding tissues, leading to:

• pain
• tenderness
• swelling
• decreased function

Initially, osteoarthritis is non-inflammatory and its onset is subtle and gradual, usually involving one or only a few joints. The joints most often affected are the:

• knees
• hips
• hands
• spine

Risks of osteoarthritis increase with age. Other risk factors include joint trauma, obesity, and repetitive joint use.

Rheumatic Diseases and Arthritis

Rheumatic diseases feel when their muscle or their joint is sick when moving, the disease feel more when the patient always stay on a cold room such as air conditioned. Not because of the cold air but more cause of air circulation effect. She or he usually stay on warm or hot atmosphere then stay on cold room, the conditions changes fast make his body not ready and their muscle suddenly socked and feels sick, this kind of rheumatic called as rheumatic fever. This effect also often called by people as rheumatic, but the rheumatic definition is describe as below.

Rheumatic diseases are characterized by inflammation (signs are redness and/or heat, swelling, and pain) and loss of function of one or more connecting or supporting structures of the body. They especially affect joints, tendons, ligaments, bones, and muscles. Common symptoms are pain, swelling, and stiffness. Some rheumatic diseases can also involve internal organs. There are more than 100 rheumatic diseases.

Many people use the word "arthritis" to refer to all rheumatic diseases. However, the word literally means joint inflammation. The many different kinds of arthritis comprise just a portion of the rheumatic diseases.

Some rheumatic diseases are described as connective tissue diseases because they affect the supporting framework of the body and its internal organs. Others are known as autoimmune diseases because they occur when the immune system, which normally protects the body from infection and disease, harms the body's own healthy tissues. Throughout this fact sheet the terms "arthritis" and "rheumatic diseases" are sometimes used interchangeably.

Rheumatic as Gastrointestinal

The particular focus here is antibiotic therapy, proven safe and effective in NIH-sponsored clinical trials. Thousands of patients have reported successfully using antibiotics for conditions including rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, dermatomyositis, ankylosing spondylitis, Lyme disease, Reiter's syndrome, mixed connective tissue disease, fibromyalgia and psoriatic arthritis. Results of an international survey of patients documented dramatic results including relief of pain, the lessening of swollen joints and an overall successful return of quality of life.

The gut has multiple mechanisms to regulate the efficient absorption of nutrients while excluding bacterial and dietary antigens. Impairment of the gastrointestinal barrier function can be observed in several diseases including inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and other spondyloarthropathies, and this defect may play a role in the pathogenesis of arthropathies.

Illeocolonoscopy and multiple biopsies were carried out in 96 patients with seronegative spondyloarthropathy, 17 patients with osteoarthritis taking nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), and 19 patients with chronic abdominal discomfort. Inflammatory gut lesions were detected in two thirds of the patients with spondyloarthropathy, 12.5% of patients with osteoarthritis, and 16% of patients with abdominal discomfort. More recently, an Italian study confirmed microscopical mucosal inflammation on biopsy in 15 people with psoriatic arthritis but without bowel symptoms, 6 of whom had normal appearing mucosa by colonoscopy.

Because the results obtained from such studies are entirely dependent on normal gastric emptying, normal renal function, and an accurate urine collection, they should be interpreted carefully. Also, the results may be altered by possible effect of the NSAIDs on prostaglandin synthesis and gut permeability.

Most recently, Salmi et al concluded that different leukocyte populations derived from inflamed gut of patients with IBD bind avidly to synovial vessels using a distinct repertoire of adhesion molecules, suggesting that their recirculation may contribute to the development of reactive arthritis in inflammatory bowel diseases . This study is the first experimental support of the homing of lymphocytes from the gut mucosa to joint tissue in enteropathic arthritis.

Rheumatic in Children

Rheumatic also called as arthritis, this diseases can be suffered by our children. How do we know this diseases suffered by our children? To know detail children suffered from certain arthritis must be check up by an expert. Arthritis that suffer by children called as Juvenile arthritis. Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA), generally refers to children affected by inflammatory arthritis under the age of sixteen. Typically, the cause of rheumatoid arthritis is different in children and adults.

It's very difficult for a parent to see their child in pain. Take the Juvenile Arthritis Screening Quiz. Juvenile arthritis is not a single disease, but rather a variety of diseases with persistent symptoms of arthritis which start before age 16. Consult a pediatric rheumatologist for a proper diagnosis and treatment plan.

Because the type of arthritis itself is many, we can’t detect or anticipating by ourselves about this diseases. But there are several good advices to avoid on getting of this disease such as:

• Don’t take a bath too late or in the night before midnight. But after midnight about 3 a clock in the morning is no problem.
• Relaxation sport every morning makes our bone joint more flexible, and can avoid from arthritis disease.
• Relaxation sport before sleep, to keep our health.
• Don’t too late to take a rest.