Arthrosis and arthritis are diseases in which joint damage occurs. That is why, and also due to the consonance of names, many people do not understand the difference between arthrosis and arthritis, and perceive them as something similar in essence. Meanwhile, arthrosis and arthritis are far from the same thing.
Arthrosis is a gradual ongoing age -related joint deformation; Arthrosis is most often developing in old age (from 45 years and older). Arthritis, on the contrary, more often begins at a young age (up to 40 years). Although in both cases there are exceptions: sometimes arthritis occurs in a person who is 60–70 years old (usually this happens after severe flu, colds, hypothermia, stress); Or arthrosis begins in a person who is not yet 40 (after severe injuries, fractures or in professional athletes). Arthrosis is a disease in which only joints suffer. The rest of the body with arthrosis, simplifiedly speaking, is not involved in the process.
Arthritis, on the contrary, is an inflammatory disease of the whole organism; And inflammation of the joints with arthritis is only the "tip of the iceberg", under which some other processes occurring inside the body are hidden. Inflammation of the joints with arthritis can manifest their swelling, redness and severe pains that do not pass at rest, and sometimes even intensifying at night. Often they hit the internal organs - most often on the heart, liver and kidneys. And sometimes, if the correct treatment is not carried out, the complications of some arthritis can pose a rather serious threat to the patient's life. Fortunately, arthritis are found several times less than arthrosis.
The causes of joint pain
Diseases of the joints and joints of the spine can also be divided into two large groups: dystrophic processes and inflammatory processes. The causes of these conditions are different, therefore, in the treatment of such processes there is a big difference. It is probably clear that the success of treatment largely depends on the correctly and carefully conducted diagnosis and examination. As a rule, x -rays and laboratory tests of blood are taken, and, if necessary, a more detailed study - the MRI of the joints.
Inflammatory diseases
The names of these diseases, as a rule, have the ending of IT - arthritis, spondylitis, polyarthritis, etc. This group also includes Bekhterev's disease. Manifested by inflammation of the tissues of the joints of the arms, legs and spine. Characteristic symptoms are pain, morning stiffness, red and hot skin in the place of swelling, limitation of mobility in one or more joints, a whole spine, deformation of the joints over time and the progression of the disease. Inflammatory joint diseases can be of the following origin:
- Autoimmune or infectious-allergic-aggressive immunity in relation to joint tissue;
- Violation of metabolism - as a rule, is accompanied by the formation of salts crystals in the joints of the joints and periarticular tissues, which leads to their inflammation;
- Infectious - bacterial, or viral inflammation of one or more joints.
Arthrosis
Arthrosis is a condition of the joints that occurs with a natural course of years. Its main symptoms are pain and limitation of movements. Arthrosis is widespread - arthrosis is sick from 10 to 15% of all residents of the Earth. Primary arthrosis is a disease that naturally occurs due to age -related changes in cartilage. Arthrosis can develop earlier or later in life due to hereditary predisposition, metabolic disorders, increased loads on the joints associated with working conditions or excess weight. The age of arthrosis has recently been younger and the disease has been developing at the age of 30–40 years. At the same time, women suffer 2. 5 times more often than men. In most cases, 30% of people already have changes in joints by 50 years, and by the age of 60, certain manifestations of arthrosis appear in almost everyone and the difference in the field is already absent.
Secondary arthrosis-is the outcome of the trauma that is being suffered. It can develop at any age. Normally, the surface of the joint is absolutely even, smooth and elastic. They move freely, sliding thanks to the joint fluid playing the role of lubrication. At the same time, the surface of the joint, due to its elasticity, bends slightly in places of the highest pressure, redistributes the load, making it more uniform, and works, like a shock absorber. With arthrosis, the cartilage covering the surface of the joint changes. With arthrosis in some places, the cartilage becomes thinner and degrades, in others it grows and changes, losing the normal structure. Small fragments of cartilage appear in the articular fluid, and the articular fluid itself changes as and quantity.
At first, due to a decrease in the amount of joint fluid, the normal operation of the joint is disturbed and pain appears during movement. As a rule, they arise after intensive physical work, pass themselves, if you give the joint rest, but return, you just need to resume the load. At the same time, or a little later, the joint begins to hurt at night. The soft tissues surrounding the joint are inflamed, they "swell", and excessive liquid may appear in the joint. Effusion. The result of a sluggish inflammatory reaction. It is due to the modification of its own joint tissue. Now the fabric is not native. And it’s good if the immune system does not begin to "attack" such a fabric.
Symptoms
The main symptoms of arthrosis: severe pain in the joint during movement, joint deformation, decrease in joint mobility. In the case of neglect of arthrosis, the joint immobility occurs. Arthrosis symptoms has completely different, but the most distinctive of them is pain in the joints. Most often, it occurs in cases where there is any load or mechanical damage to the affected area. In general, four large groups of symptoms can be distinguished, which directly characterize a disease such as arthrosis:
- Pain;
- Crunch;
- Decrease in mobility;
- Deformation.
A decrease in mobility is manifested at later stages of the development of the disease. This is due to the fact that muscle muscles are gradually spasmodic, and the gap in the joint disappears. The deformation of the joint is directly related to the fact that osteophytes are formed on its surface. Most often, this symptom occurs with a long absence of any adequate treatment of the disease. Arthrosis of the joints symptoms and treatment can have different ones. This is influenced by many different factors. Before starting therapy, it is very important to conduct a comprehensive diagnosis of the disease.
Arthrosis and osteoarthrosis
These consonant diseases are similar in combination of letters, symptoms. Doctors were divided: some argue that arthrosis and osteoarthrosis are different names of one disease, others - that differences are not only in the name. Osteoarthrosis is progressive arthrosis, which appears due to wear of cartilage tissue. It happens in men, women, as a rule, over forty years old. What is the difference between arthrosis and osteoarthritis? The similarity is obvious, both diseases affect the cartilage tissue, bring pain, and fetter a person’s movements. There are similarities in the treatment of diseases. Having problems with the joints, a patient with excess weight, a diet for weight loss, strengthening cartilage tissue is shown to reduce the load, and avoid complications of the course of the disease. Doctors advise eating a low calorie content, there are more vegetables, fruits, since they contain antioxidants that help reduce inflammation in the cartilage tissues of the body.
It is advisable to add fatty varieties to the diet due to the content of omega-3. It is useful to use olive oil, it has an anti -inflammatory effect, use vitamin C more to restore connective tissues faster. In both cases, therapeutic exercises are indicated, physiotherapy strictly according to the testimony of the attending physician. It is worth reducing physical activity at the time of acute inflammation, wear orthopedic fixers for removal, proper load distribution.
Arthritis
Arthritis - literally means "inflammation of the joints", a pathology that affects the connective tissue causes articular pain, swelling, degeneration, disability. Both men and women, children and adults. About 350 million people around the world have arthritis. The causes of arthritis depend on various factors, such as lesions (leading to arthrosis), metabolic disorders (such as gout), heredity, effect of bacterial and viral infections, immune dysfunction (for example, rheumatoid arthritis and system lupus). Most often, arthritis is classified as one of the rheumatic diseases. The cause of arthritis can be traumatic, metabolic, infectious, autoimmune and idiopathic origin. The emergence of various existing arthritis depends on the origin of the causes.
Signs of arthritis, symptoms
Symptoms of arthritis are pain not only in motion, but also at rest, swelling, swelling, morning stiffness in the joints, the skin above the joints can be hot to the touch. The movements are painful, but do not stop, limited only to the edema of the soft tissues. Symptoms depend on the course of the disease and the period. Sharp and chronic states. The occurrence of stage and type - acute arthritis of the joints, can occur suddenly, severe pain and increase in body temperature, redness of the place of inflammation, the main symptoms of the condition. The chronic course of the disease goes slowly and progresses gradually. The danger is that the disease can go into a chronic form. Symptoms are diverse, they are similar, because they tend to influence joints, muscles, ligaments, cartilage and tendons, and many of them can affect other areas of the body.
Symptoms:
- The rigidity of the joints is observed when the joints and muscles are more rigid in the morning, to such an extent that it is impossible to walk or get out of bed. For those who suffer from rheumatoid arthritis, it may take several hours before he can move smoothly. Limitation of mobility.
- Edema.
- Redness in the area of defeat.
- Muscle weakness.
- Many forms of arthritis can cause symptoms that affect various organs of the body: fever, edema of lymph nodes, weight loss, fatigue, general malaise.
Types of the disease
Osteoarthritis, is the most common type of arthritis. It is characterized by an inflammatory state. It occurs due to the gradual deterioration of the cartilage layer covering the articular surfaces. Osteoarthritis risk factors are different; Among the most important: advanced age related to the female sex, injuries and obesity. Osteoarthritis can affect any joint, but it has a tendency to joints of the arms, knees, hips and joints of the spine. In addition to pain, joint stiffness, swelling, a decrease in the ability to move is added, this is due to the formation of osteophytes (or bone spurs). At an advanced stage, osteoarthritis makes the use of joints very difficult.
Unfortunately, there is no treatment of arthritis of this type, there is only symptomatic treatment methods, that is, aimed at reducing existing symptoms. For therapeutic purposes and preventive purposes, doctors recommend that they are active and practice constant therapeutic physical exercises. Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease, or a disorder that occurs as a result of a malfunction of the immune system. Various studies have shown that it has several risk factors, among them the most important are: genetic predisposition, belonging to the female sex, age from 40 to 60 years, smoking, herpes viruses and Epstein-Barr virus (VEB). This type of arthritis attacks the joints in the synovial membrane and causes, in turn, a change in the entire joint structure, with damaged articular surfaces and joint cartilage, with weakening and stretching of the ligaments and with a articular capsule that changes its shape. At the beginning of rheumatoid arthritis, inflammation basically affects the joints of the fingers and legs.
How to distinguish these diseases?
In some cases, confusion occurs in various diseases, because people who are little familiar with medicine think that arthritis and arthrosis are the same thing. In fact, this is not so, because in the first case the ailment is acute inflammatory, and in the second - a long, less pronounced chronic. Due to such nuances, independent treatment without a doctor is very risky, so it is not recommended - do not risk self -medication. The main difference between arthritis and arthrosis: with arthrosis, the main destructive activity is performed not by inflammatory, but by degenerative processes in articular cartilage. If the joint is very hurt and swollen, while you feel "not very", the movements in the joint are painful and there is a "crunch" during movements, the skin is hot to the touch is a high probability of arthritis.
If the joint does not hurt, it is possible to say constantly and over time (months of suffering) changes its shape, while the leg, arm or back gradually become limited in the amount of its movements, and from month to month we can say worse and worse . . . That is more likelihood of arthrosis of the joint (WWI). Mostly young people are sick of arthritis, in an amount of slightly less than two percent of the entire population of the planet. Arthrosis is more common diseases covering about ten percent of all of mankind. Accordingly, young people get sick of arthrosis infrequently, and the very problem is an increase in the incidence of older generations. After crossing the threshold of 50, about 30% have various forms of arthrosis. This or another joint deformation at the age of 70 occurs in almost 50% of cases. It is very important to note that the effect of arthrosis extends to the joints, and is not transferred to other tissues, bones or organs. With arthritis, inflammatory processes occur throughout the body, and inflamed joints are simply their most noticeable manifestation.