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Early Symptoms for Rheumatoid
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If you suspect that you may be getting rheumatoid
arthritis, consulting with your doctor is the first main step that you need
to take. He or she will need to run some blood tests to better diagnose if
in fact you have rheumatoid arthritis, you also need to know early symptoms
for rheumatoid arthritis to help control it in its early stage as well as
seeking proper medication for the disease.
Early symptoms for rheumatoid arthritis can occur at any age, but most often
it begins between the ages of 25 and 55. Older people are commonly affected
by this disease. Women are 2.5 times affected more often than men. The
course and severity of the illness can vary considerably.
Here are some early symptoms for rheumatoid arthritis, although some of
these will occur in people in the early stages, they are not necessarily
only associated with the early stages:
* Swelling of joints
* Pains and aches in the wrist(s), knee(s), elbow(s), finger(s), ankle(s),
neck and feet.
* Red irritated skin
* Limited range of motion
* Stiffness, especially in the morning that last for hours
* Numbness or tingling in jointed areas
* Weight loss resulting from loss of appetite
* Muscle aches
* Fatigue
The early symptoms for rheumatoid arthritis is usually slow and progressing,
with fatigue, morning stiffness which lasts more than an hour, spreading
muscular aches, loss of appetite, and weakness. Sooner or later, joint pain
appears with warmth, swelling, tenderness, and stiffness of the joint after
stillness.
Wrists, fingers, knees feet, and ankles are the most commonly affected
joints in rheumatoid arthritis; severe disease is associated with larger
joints that contain more synovium, the joint lining. When the synovium
becomes inflamed, it produces more fluid and the joint becomes swollen.
Afterward, the cartilage becomes rough and eroded and the underlying bone
becomes affected. This joint destruction begins 1-2 years after the
appearance of the early symptoms for rheumatoid arthritis.
Heart complications of rheumatoid arthritis affect the outer lining of the
heart, causing the inflammation of heart muscle called myocarditis and a
condition referred to as pericarditis, both of which can lead to congestive
heart failure characterized by shortness of breath and fluid inflammation in
the lung. Inflammation of the lining of the lung called pleuritis, can also
lead to fluid accumulation, and leads to shortness of breath. Eye
complications include inflammation of various parts of the eyes.
These early symptoms for rheumatoid arthritis can be any number of things
other than arthritis, mainly the reason why you should see your doctor if
you suspect having the disease.
Since rheumatoid arthritis is linked with joint inflammation, taking
anti-inflammatory nutrients on regular basis may help ease the pains and
aches of early symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis. A promising
anti-inflammatory nutrient that has been getting a lot of media coverage
because of its assuring benefits for people with rheumatoid arthritis is the
fish oil supplement.
Combating these early symptoms for rheumatoid arthritis is not learnt
overnight, however knowing the possible early signs of the disease can save
you from the severe symptoms later. |
| This article
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