ARTRITIS

Definitions
Artritis is a general term for inflammation (inflamasi) and swelling in
joint area.
Causes
Artritis can be osteoartritis (oa) or artritis reumatoid (AR), but the
most often encountered in the osteoartritis. On the main factors oa
is a trauma or pengausan joints, while the immunological factors that AR
a role.
Clinical picture
- Artritis Symptoms vary depending on which joints are involved. Oa more often
the joint patron of the body. Therefore, the need to Obesity
avoided. Meanwhile, the AR first attack more often hinge-joint
small joints such as wrists or legs, but in advanced
can also attack joints such as large-joints and shoulder joints pinggul.
- Complaints that artritis is similar to the actual reumatism
network software comes from outside the joints. Which is known as a common rheumatism
most are reumatism.
- joints who fell ill usually swollen, red and painful.
- AR attack usually starts with prodromal symptoms such as body weakness,
lost appetite, stiff and sore all over the body. Symptoms usually in the joints
gradually emerged after several weeks or months.
- joints pain are missing in the AR-relief, there is the Remisi, are symmetrical
bilateral, and associated with cold air.
- Oa attacks usually sesisi. Main symptom is a painful joints
related to the movement. People also feel stiff in the joints
fell ill.
- On Radiology oa checks usually shows widening joints
at the initial stage, osteofit, sklerosis constringency hollow bones and joints between
go on stage.
- Deformitas can occur oa and AR occurred after destruksi joints.

Diagnosis
Pain and swelling in the joint area.
treatment
- Complaints on the joints or the network software in the surrounding areas can be take
painkillers or with nonsteroid anti inflamasi given after
eat.
Asetosal 1 gram a day x 3
Fenilbutason 200 mg x 3 a day
Ibuprofen 400 mg x 3 a day
- Spell joints needed in critical condition. Next on oa,
may need to improve the attitude of the body, reducing body weight,
or doing physiotherapy.