Joints hurt due to weather conditions - the body's ability to react to temperature changes and changes in atmospheric pressure. In medicine, the syndrome is called articular meteopathy. Aches are more often experienced by people with a history of musculoskeletal diseases: osteochondrosis, arthritis, arthrosis or osteoporosis. The body's painful reactions should not be ignored. If discomfort occurs when the weather changes, you should consult a doctor to prevent degenerative changes in cartilage tissue.
Causes of pain
To understand why the joints of the limbs, back and neck react to “bad” weather, you need to remember that the human body contains water (80%). It is not only in the blood and lymph, but also in the synovial fluid. This is the name of the physiological substance necessary to lubricate joints. If it is not enough, there is a crunch, pain when moving and destruction of cartilage tissue.
The expansion and contraction of blood vessels depends on pressure, which also affects the joints
When weather conditions change, atmospheric pressure changes, which affects the internal pressure in the human body. The blood supply to the vessels supplying the joint joints changes, swelling appears, and nerve bundles are pinched. As soon as the body gets used to the new state, the aching pain subsides.
But not everyone experiences exacerbations in wet, rainy weather. Factors influencing the deterioration of the condition:
- obesity - more often “twists” the knees when there is an increased load on them;
- poor nutrition or unbalanced diet - due to a lack of nutrients, metabolic processes at the cellular level are disrupted, cartilage tissue becomes thinner;
- flat feet, congenital anatomical pathologies of the knee and pelvic joints - improper load distribution;
- increased activity, or, conversely, sedentary work - muscle and joint overstrain.
Meteor dependence is aggravated if there is a history of lumbar or cervical osteochondrosis, rheumatoid arthritis, arthrosis, arthritis, gout.
Extra-articular causes
If your legs or arms twist from time to time, you need to analyze your diet. The occurrence of such sensations may indicate a calcium deficiency in the body. With a lack of this microelement, the functional activity of the entire musculoskeletal system decreases. Innervation is disrupted, the formation of cartilage, bone, and connective tissue structures slows down. It is necessary to quickly adjust the daily menu, otherwise pain will soon appear, intensifying after physical activity. The diet includes dairy products, lean meat, and fish. A course of taking pharmaceutical vitamins with a high calcium content will help eliminate the deficiency, but only after consulting a doctor. Microelement deficiency often occurs in the following situations:
- rapid loss of body weight. People who adhere to monotonous diets are at risk of developing joint pathologies. During the diet, body weight decreases due to the loss of muscle tissue and fluid, which leads to leaching of calcium from the bones;
- increased loads. People involved in heavy physical work or sports should consume increased amounts of calcium. In their body, biochemical processes proceed faster, so biologically active substances must be supplied in higher concentrations;
- pregnancy, lactation. During such periods, women experience discomfort in the joints of their legs due to a lack of calcium. The trace element is necessary for the formation of bone tissue in the embryo or the formation of breast milk.
During pregnancy, the cause of discomfort in the knee, wrist, and ankle joints can be iron deficiency. This is due to an increasing circulatory system, changes in hormonal levels, and increased stress on internal organs. For many pregnant women, gynecologists prescribe additional iron intake and recommend eating more buckwheat, red meat, and fruits.
Often twists the joints of the legs of smokers. Poisonous tobacco tars provoke the formation of atherosclerotic plaques in the blood vessels of the legs. As a result, peripheral vessels narrow and blood circulation is impaired. Only giving up a bad habit will help you get rid of discomfort.
The cause of this unpleasant condition may be the use of diuretics, especially those that do not have a potassium-sparing effect. When urination increases, not only excess fluid leaves the body, but also useful mineral compounds dissolved in it. If they are deficient, the joints and spine are unable to function normally.
Symptoms of articular meteopathy
Patients affected by weather changes describe the condition differently. The sensations are characterized by aching, pain, twisting, aching. Doctors diagnose exacerbation of osteochondrosis of the cervical or lumbar spine, arthritis or arthrosis of the knee, elbow joint, phalanges of the upper and lower extremities.
Meteor dependence worsens the general condition. Due to swelling of the soft tissues, peripheral and large vessels are pinched, oxygen supply to the brain decreases, weakness, nausea, and headache appear. It is difficult to fall asleep, and semi-fainting may occur periodically. The hands and phalanges of the fingers, feet, and large joints swell. When the weather changes, it is better for women to abandon the rings, otherwise it will be difficult to remove them later.
The fair sex is more sensitive to weather changes. They have thinner bones and are dependent on the functioning of the hormonal system. It is disrupted when atmospheric pressure changes.
In patients, due to constant discomfort, irritation increases and an inexplicable feeling of anxiety appears. Because of this, relationships with others may worsen. The overall quality of life decreases.
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Pain in the joints of the fingers: treatment, causes
Pain in the joints of the fingers is most often caused by the following diseases:
- polyosteoarthrosis of the fingers;
- rheumatoid arthritis;
- psoriatic arthritis;
- gout, gouty arthritis;
- de Quervain's tenosynovitis;
- rhizarthrosis.
In addition, pain in the joints of the fingers, accompanied by numbness, may be associated with carpal tunnel syndrome and Raynaud's syndrome.
Pain in the joints of the fingers with polyosteoarthrosis
In 40% of cases, pain in the joints of the fingers is associated with polyosteoarthrosis, which is diagnosed mainly in people over 40 years of age, most often in women.
Characteristic signs of polyosteoarthrosis are special nodules (the so-called Heberden's nodes) on the dorsal or lateral surfaces of the joints, localized near the nails. The development of Heberden's nodes occurs symmetrically, simultaneously on the left and right hands, with the same localization. Similar formations can occur on any finger.
In some people, Heberden's nodes form, accompanied by burning and pain, swelling and redness. In others, this pathology develops asymptomatically, pain and burning are absent.
In addition, polyosteoarthrosis is characterized by the appearance of mildly painful Bouchard nodes on the proximal interphalangeal joints located in the middle of the fingers. The shape of these nodules is spindle-shaped, development is slow, and there is no pain.
Pain in the joints of the fingers with rheumatoid arthritis
About 5-8% of cases of pain in the joints of the fingers are caused by rheumatoid arthritis. Most often, this disease occurs in people over 30 years of age, mainly in women. As a rule, rheumatoid arthritis is caused by severe stress, flu, severe colds, infectious diseases or hypothermia.
Early in the development of rheumatoid arthritis, the metacarpophalangeal joints of the middle and index fingers become inflamed and swollen. Most often, against the background of their inflammation, the wrist joints of the hand also become inflamed and swollen.
The fingers and wrist joints in patients with rheumatoid arthritis become inflamed symmetrically: when the joints on the left hand are affected, the same joints on the right hand are affected.
In most cases, there is involvement in the pathological process of other joints of the upper and lower extremities, as well as large joints - knees, elbows, ankles, etc.
As a rule, the above symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis are accompanied by general weakness, fever, weight loss and chills. Thus, the disease is the cause of a general deterioration in the patient’s well-being.
Pain in the joints of the fingers with psoriatic arthritis
About 5% of cases of pain in the joints of the fingers are also associated with psoriatic arthritis, which can be diagnosed in people aged 20 to 50 years, most often when they have skin psoriatic manifestations - dry, scaly reddish spots (psoriatic plaques) on the body or hairy area. parts of the head.
Psoriatic arthritis is characterized by so-called “axial” inflammation with swelling of all joints on a particular finger, which turns red and looks like a sausage.
Pain in the joints of the fingers due to gout or gouty arthritis
In less than 5% of cases, pain in the joints of the hands occurs due to gout or gouty arthritis. In persons suffering from these ailments, the big toe is deformed. Women most often experience arthrosis of the thumb, and men, as a rule, develop “classic” gout – gouty arthritis.
The disease can manifest in people from 20 to 50 years of age. It begins with inflammation of the joints of the toes, knees or ankles. Most often, inflammation and pain appear in the joint of the thumb, but sometimes the inflammatory process affects other fingers, both the right and left hands.
Gout attacks happen completely unexpectedly, most often at night. The pain in the joints of the hands during gout attacks is quite intense. Redness of the affected joint is observed.
Women usually have a milder course of attacks, there is no acute pain, and the joint, as a rule, does not redden.
A gout attack is characterized by a sudden onset, duration from three to ten days and relapses after some time.
Pain in the joints of the fingers with de Quervain's tenosynovitis
Pain in the joints of the fingers may occur in patients with de Quervain's tenosynovitis. With this disease, the ligaments and “small” muscles of the thumb become inflamed. Inflammation of other fingers with de Quervain's tenosynovitis is excluded.
De Quervain's syndrome affects both men and women equally and can occur at any age. The pathology is characterized by pain in the joint of the thumb - at its base and at the point of contact of the thumb with the wrist joint.
Pain in the thumb joint with rhizarthrosis
Another cause of pain in the fingers is rhizarthrosis, which is characterized by damage to the joint located at the base of the thumb and connecting the thumb to the wrist joint.
Rhizarthrosis can be a manifestation of polyosteoarthrosis of the fingers, but sometimes it is an independent disease, the development of which is associated with heavy loads on the thumb.
Rhysarthrosis and de Quervain's tenosynovitis have similar symptoms. The only difference between rhizarthrosis is that with this disease, the bones of the diseased joint are deformed in patients, which can be detected during examination and on x-rays. With de Quervain's tenosynovitis, only the soft tissues surrounding the joint change, and even then in rare cases.
Treatment options
The deterioration of the condition cannot be ignored if, when the weather changes, chronic pathologies of bone and cartilage tissue worsen and pain appears. Such symptoms indicate the development of degenerative-dystrophic processes. The treatment is comprehensive, in addition to medications, the course includes physiotherapy, and special nutrition is recommended. It is possible to use traditional methods.
Medications
It is advisable to use pharmaceuticals according to medical recommendations. The drugs relieve pain, restore metabolic processes in the joints, increase the body's immunity, and help resist the aggressive influence of external factors.
Often prescribed:
- Teraflex Advance. The drug contains analgesic and antipyretic components (ibuprofen, glucosamine) and chondroitin, a chondroprotector that stimulates the regeneration of cartilage tissue.
- Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) - Ibuprofen, Nimesulide, Nise, Diclofenac. They have analgesic and anti-inflammatory effects and are available in tablets and ointment (gel) form. Internal use is limited - no more than 5-7 days. They have a pronounced side effect - an aggressive effect on the gastric mucosa.
- Humisol is a biogenic stimulant that enhances the body’s resistance to external influences.
- Analgesics - Analgin, Paracetamol, Baralgin. Relieves acute painful sensations.
- Gepar-Joint. A drug that eliminates swelling and normalizes lymphatic drainage.
- Ointments with analgesic and warming effects: Nicoboxil, Efkamon, Finalgon, Apizartron with bee venom or Capkotox with snake venom. These remedies have a beneficial effect on osteochondrosis if the condition worsens due to increased stress.
Frequent exacerbations of rheumatoid arthritis may require consultation with a physician or infectious disease specialist. The disease may have an infectious etiology and, if the pathogen is not suppressed, the destruction of the joints cannot be stopped.
Warming up
Thermal procedures on an outpatient basis relieve pain and reduce inflammation. Compresses made of paraffin, ozokerite, and warm medicinal mud are applied to problem areas; Warming hydrogen sulfide or radon baths are recommended to patients. At home, the joints are rubbed with alcohol (with the addition of pepper), bags of warm salt and millet are applied, an iodine mesh is applied, or a pepper patch is applied.
Before doing home warming, it is advisable to consult a doctor. Heat can increase swelling.
Nutrition correction
If pain in the joints and back occurs, it is advisable to switch to a diet that normalizes metabolic processes. It is necessary to avoid hot, spicy and fried foods, products with extractive substances - chocolate, strong broths, alcohol, marinades, offal and canned food. Limit the use of refractory fats and vegetables from the nightshade family - tomatoes, eggplants, potatoes.
Increase the amount of fluid you drink to 2 liters per day using diuretic teas and mineral water. It is useful to supplement the diet with infusions of rose hips, currant leaves, and green tea. It is recommended to increase the amount of fermented milk products.
Traditional methods
To relieve exacerbations, healers advise using home remedies:
- Pine nut tincture. The shells are calcined in a frying pan, poured into a bottle of vodka, filling a quarter full. Infuse for 3 weeks in the dark at room temperature, shaking 2 times a day. Strain and put in the refrigerator. Dosage regimen: 3 drops on day 2, 5 on day 2 and increase the dose to 22 drops. Reduce the dose in the same sequence. The course of treatment is repeated after 3 days.
- Bay tincture. 10–12 laurel leaves are poured with boiling water, 900 ml, left overnight in a thermos. Strain and put in the refrigerator. The mixture is drunk for 3 days.
- A compress of grated horseradish or steamed birch leaves. Apply to the sore joint for 2–3 hours.
- Apple cider vinegar lotions. Can be left overnight.
When using home remedies in the form of mixtures, you should consult your doctor. Folk remedies are not always combined with pharmaceuticals.
Why does a change in weather cause joint pain?
Knee pain
When the disease is advanced to the point that the cartilage wears out and no longer protects the bone, the load falls on the bone tissue. They are significantly stronger than cartilage, are injured during movements and lead to arthrosis, a component of which is degenerative changes in cartilage and bone tissue. This leads to knees hurting before the rain and reacting to any changes in the weather.
Causes of changes in joint tissues:
- What to do if your knees and hip joints hurt and ache
- unbalanced nutrition - lack of amino acids, glycine, vitamins C, minerals K, Ca in the diet. At the same time, the cartilage becomes thinner and reacts sharply to changes in weather. The condition cannot be neglected - the degeneration of cartilage and bone tissue will begin to progress;
- excess weight is an additional factor in weather dependence; high load only accelerates the destruction of cartilage;
- flat feet disrupts the distribution of load, which causes gradual deformation of the joints of the knee and hip;
- high physical activity, careless attitude to stress, especially in professional activities. Or vice versa - immobility, a sedentary lifestyle, negatively affect the state of the musculoskeletal system;
- arthrosis, arthritis, osteochondrosis - these diseases are always accompanied by meteoropathy, as a result, metabolic disorders intensify.
A person with meteoropathy always predicts the approach of warming or cold weather, wind or precipitation earlier than meteorologists, because his knees begin to hurt from the weather, ache and twist all his joints.
Which doctor treats
The treatment and diagnosis of such symptoms is carried out by neurologists, rheumatologists or surgeons.
All people experience muscle pain from time to time. If your muscles hurt after playing sports or after a long period of activity, there is nothing strange and there is no need to worry.
IMPORTANT! However, if you notice prolonged aching muscle pain that does not go away over a long period of time, this is a reason to consult a specialist.
Self-medication is not a way out of the situation, because there can be many reasons for the development of symptoms, ranging from injury to chronic inflammatory processes. Make an appointment with a neurologist at our center to understand the causes of your symptoms and choose the right and effective treatment tactics!
Symptoms of meteopathy
Meteopathy
Patients describe pain and joint reaction to meteorological changes in their own way. Indeed, meteoropathy manifests itself differently in each person. Some complain of specific pain in the joints, others have joints that ache and “twist”, while others have limited range of motion. Symptoms of pain occur during movement and at rest. Most often, knees ache due to the weather, but complaints are also made of pain in the neck, lower back, knee joints, and phalanges of the fingers.
Symptoms of articular meteopathy:
- headache, restless sleep; dysfunction of the central nervous system is caused by deterioration of blood supply associated with swelling of the soft tissues in the neck;
- lethargy, weakness, emotional decline; the reasons are the same - oxygen starvation;
- feeling of anxiety, abdominal pain; the psychological state negatively affects somatic changes in well-being;
- swelling of the fingers and toes; the reason is that when large joints swell, blood vessels and capillaries are compressed, and peripheral blood supply is disrupted.
How to help a weather-dependent person
When joints hurt when the weather changes, this can be considered a “chronic condition,” but doctors consider it inappropriate to endure pain and wait for the body to adapt. Moreover, the weather is constantly changing, from season to season, from rainy days to windy ones. The vagaries of the atmosphere are taken into account even in ICD-10. Here a place is given to maladaptive reactions of the body that have a special nature.
This, of course, is not a special section on meteodependence and meteopathies, however, acute reactions and disorders of adaptive reactions are coded as F43.0, F43.2.
Teraflex Advance
The body reacts to climate change with pain in the joints, and doctors suggest not to suffer from discomfort, but to begin targeted treatment. For this purpose, the pharmaceutical arsenal has a whole list of medications that are sure to help with joint pain. A targeted course of treatment can be carried out if the doctor deems it necessary.
You can take medications as symptomatic help, directly when pain occurs:
- Teraflex Advance - the appearance of pain in joints of any localization is used as an anesthetic. This is a complex drug that includes glucosamine, chondroitin and ibuprofen. In addition to pain relief, the medicine has a therapeutic effect due to its chondroprotector.
- Ibuprofen is a non-steroidal drug that quickly relieves joint pain.
- Diclofenac, Movalis - non-steroidal anti-inflammatory tablets. They have anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, analgesic properties. You can take them for no more than 3-5 days, because they have an aggressive effect on the mucous membranes of the digestive organs. Contraindications to taking these drugs are mucosal erosion and ulcers.
- Humisol is a stimulant of the biogenic group with an adaptogenic effect; With its intake, the body’s natural defenses “come to life” and resistance to biological effects increases.
- Virapin - an ointment with warming and analgesic properties, contains cobra venom; Gevkamen ointments containing camphor and levomenthol have the same effect; Apizartron containing bee venom.
- Gepar-Sustav is a homeopathic medicine in capsules that contains 24 active components. It has an effective therapeutic effect; with its regular use, salt deposits dissolve, swelling is relieved, and the condition of connective tissue is normalized. As a result, healing, rejuvenated joints stop responding to weather changes.
- Cavinton and Lucetam are long-acting drugs that improve blood circulation, including peripheral one.
- Analgin and Paracetamol are traditional painkillers that help relieve pain.
- Barbiturates – drugs in this group help with sleep disorders, difficulty falling asleep, and shallow sleep.
- Rumalon, Artra, Chondroxide – a group of chondroprotectors; have a prolonged effect. The effect of taking them appears no earlier than six months later, when the condition of the joints improves and blood circulation normalizes. The joints will become healthy, strong, and completely get rid of meteoropathy. Drugs in this group do not have a pronounced analgesic effect, and therefore are not suitable for the symptomatic relief of acute pain.
Additionally, it is recommended to use folk remedies that actively relieve painful symptoms in the joints, heal the body, and increase its immune strength.
Many people report joint pain due to the weather. And if in some people this pathological condition indicates weather dependence, in other cases the body’s ability to respond to changes in atmospheric pressure may indicate serious diseases. That is why, when your joints regularly twist, ache or ache, it is recommended to go to a medical facility and undergo a diagnostic examination.
Main reasons
Women are more prone to joint pain than men, but absolutely everyone who has chronic diseases suffers from painful joint discomfort. People who have previously suffered limb injuries will have to deal with pain in bone joints when weather conditions change. But joints in patients with arthritis, rheumatism, osteochondrosis and arthrosis also react to changing weather. The legs hurt severely before rain or snow due to damage to the nerve endings, as a result of which the sensitivity of the joints increases and the person becomes more susceptible to changes in temperature outside or air humidity.
- Why do joints hurt due to the weather?
The medical explanation for why your legs drag or your knee hurts when the weather changes is as follows:
Rain can cause swelling in the joint area.
- When it rains, the oxygen level increases, causing people to experience swelling in problem joints.
- During temperature changes, people experience severe leg pain due to the ability of atmospheric pressure to change. As a result, its levels in the joint cavity decrease or increase.
- When the weather changes, the nerve endings are irritated and the joint receptors are activated, so the knee begins to ache and become weak.
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How to eliminate discomfort
First of all, the doctor determines why the joints of the arms and legs are twisted. This requires a number of instrumental and laboratory studies. X-rays, MRI, CT, arthroscopy are used to determine the level of rheumatoid factor and ESR in the blood. Depending on the detected cause of discomfort, the doctor draws up a therapeutic regimen.
Massage, physiotherapy at home, yoga, swimming, and long walks in the fresh air can help improve your well-being. What to do if your joints are twisted:
- warm baths for feet and hands. Add 1-2 drops of essential oils of lavender, lemon balm, thyme or infusions of oregano, eucalyptus, mint to the water;
- contrast shower combined with massage treatments. When kneading your legs or arms, use any cream with horse chestnut extract, for example, from the 911 series;
- rubbing with mixtures that improve blood circulation. This can be olive oil and sea salt (a teaspoon of salt per glass of oil), lemon juice with flaxseed oil (1:1).
Discomfort in the joints does not necessarily mean they are affected by arthritis or arthrosis. In some patients, even after a thorough diagnosis, no pathologies are detected. In such cases, treatment is carried out with drugs that normalize brain activity. Some patients benefit from short-term use of muscle relaxants to relieve muscle tension.
Seeking medical help at the stage of discomfort in the joints allows you to start therapy in a timely manner and avoid the development of severe complications. Therefore, you should not engage in hopeless self-medication, take pills on the advice of friends or pharmacists in pharmacies. After a thorough examination, the doctor will determine the cause of the pathological condition and provide the necessary therapy.
How does the symptom appear?
When the weather changes, people describe their condition differently. Typically, patients complain of aching joint pain that occurs during movement or at rest. In addition, knees may ache, bones may break and twist. The joints of the legs and arms often hurt, but painful discomfort is also noted in the cervical or lumbar spine.
People with joint weather sensitivity often experience other symptoms, the most common of which are the following:
Headache is often a sign of weather sensitivity.
- worsening sleep;
- pain in the temples and back of the head;
- weakness and lethargy;
- painful syndrome in the abdomen;
- swelling of the hands and toes;
- irritability.
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Why is it dangerous?
Unserious, at first glance, joint pain in people who react to the weather can conceal dangerous diseases. Thus, painful sensations in the joints, which many consider to be the cause of weather dependence, are often a symptom of rheumatism. And moderate pain and morning stiffness before rain may indicate the development of cartilage tissue diseases. By not taking these symptoms into account, people are at risk of developing serious complications and deteriorating their own health. There is a danger of loss of joint mobility and the need for surgery, which consists of replacing the affected joint with an artificial one.
Persons who are often bothered by pain in the joints when the weather changes are advised to consult a doctor to determine the cause of the pain and, if necessary, receive the correct prescriptions.
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Joint pathologies
If you twist the joints of your arms and legs, then first of all doctors suspect a developing disease. This symptom is more typical for degenerative-dystrophic pathologies, but sometimes manifests itself in the initial stages of inflammatory processes.
Osteoarthritis
Unpleasant sensations in the joints sometimes indicate the development of osteoarthritis. The pathology is characterized by the gradual destruction of cartilage tissue, which acts as a shock absorber and prevents damage to bones during movement. The disease occurs due to excess weight, hormonal disorders, frequent hypothermia, and heavy physical exertion. To stabilize the joints during movement, bone plates begin to grow in them. With their sharp edges they compress blood vessels and sensitive nerve endings, causing severe pain.
Osteoarthritis affects both large (ankles, elbows, shoulders, knees) and small joints (wrist, metatarsophalangeal). In addition to torsion in the joints, the following symptoms also occur:
- morning swelling and stiffness;
- redness of the skin over the joint.
Subsequently, pain appears, intensifying during movement, stiffness of movements in the morning, crunching when walking.
At the initial stage of the pathology, treatment is conservative. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (Ketoprofen, Nimesulide, Diclofenac) in the form of ointments and tablets, and external preparations with a warming effect (Finalgon, Capsicam, Apizartron) are used. Patients are recommended to undergo daily physical therapy, massage and physiotherapeutic procedures.
Arthritis
Arthritis is a group of inflammatory joint pathologies of various origins. The disease affects almost all cartilaginous, bone, and connective tissue structures of the joint, including the ligamentous-tendon apparatus. Arthritis can damage one or more joints; the pathology can be isolated or systemic. Some of its forms cannot yet be completely cured, while therapy for others is quite successful and carried out quickly. In the initial stages, the disease manifests itself with the following symptoms:
- aching, pulling discomfort in the joints;
- redness of the skin, swelling;
- mild pain on palpation.
Treatment options depend on the type of arthritis diagnosed. For rheumatoid or gouty pathology, patients are advised to take long-term, often lifelong, medications. Basic, biological agents, tablets to reduce uric acid levels, glucocorticosteroids, and NSAIDs are prescribed. The goal of therapy is to eliminate painful symptoms and achieve a stage of stable remission. And for the treatment of infectious arthritis, antiviral drugs, antibiotics, and antimycotics are used. At the end of the therapeutic course, the patient recovers completely.
| Types of Arthritis | Characteristics |
| Rheumatoid | Rheumatic pathology, which is characterized by erosive and destructive lesions of predominantly peripheral small joints. It manifests itself as articular signs - symmetrical involvement of the joints of the feet and hands, and their deforming changes. As the disease progresses, internal organs and, in some cases, the skin are gradually damaged. |
| Gouty | A rheumatic disease caused by the deposition of uric acid salt crystals in the joints and then in the kidneys. Clinically manifested by recurrent and progressive attacks of arthritis with intense pain. A characteristic sign of gout is the formation of tophi, or gouty nodules, that deform the joints. In the absence of medical intervention, the development of urolithiasis is possible |
| Reactive | Aseptic inflammation affecting joints after respiratory, intestinal, and urogenital infections. The pathology is characterized by asymmetrical damage to joints, tendons, mucous membranes, skin (keratoderma), nail plates, and lymph nodes. In 30% of cases it is completely curable |
| Infectious | Inflammatory joint disease of bacterial, viral, parasitic or fungal origin. In addition to damage to various joints, it is manifested by swelling of the joints, hyperemia, pain, and limitation of movements. During relapses, symptoms of general intoxication of the body occur - increased body temperature, chills, fever |
Diagnostic methods
The doctor will definitely give you a referral for a general blood test.
Before the doctor prescribes a therapeutic regimen, he must conduct an examination and write out directions for a diagnostic examination. To make a correct diagnosis, the doctor will need the results of a general blood test, radiography, and ultrasound. If diagnosis is difficult, it is recommended to perform arthroscopy, which will help identify the pathology and determine the cause of the painful reaction of the joints to changing weather.
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What to do?
Traditional methods
When a bone joint reacts painfully to fluctuations in atmospheric pressure or precipitation, doctors recommend taking painkillers. The following non-steroidal PS (anti-inflammatory drugs) will cope well with this symptom:
- "Movalis";
- "Ibuprofen";
- "Diclofenac".
The listed medications, in addition to the ability to stop the inflammatory process, have the ability to relieve pain and normalize body temperature. However, they should be used no longer than 5 days, as they can have an aggressive effect on the mucous membrane of the digestive tract. Analgesic ointments with a warming effect show excellent results for joint pain:
Apizartron ointment will help cope with pain.
- "Apizartron"
- "Gevkamen";
- "Virapin."
When the joints are twisted before the rain, doctors advise using chondroprotectors. But you shouldn’t expect a quick result from them, so it’s not advisable to use them to eliminate acute pain. The positive effect of these medications appears no earlier than six months after the start of the therapeutic course.
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Folk remedies
Proponents of alternative treatment recommend rubbing with potato sprouts for joint weather conditions. To do this, you need to pour sprouted potato seeds into a bottle of vodka, filling the container 2/3 full, and leave to infuse in a dark place for 2 weeks. Traditional healers also recommend treating joint pain with a cabbage leaf, which should be washed, beaten and applied to the problem area.
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