Pain in the joints of the legs

To date, joint diseases are the third most common and second among causes leading to primary disability. Pain in the joints of the legs appears due to damage to the joints themselves or periarticular tissues.

Diseases that cause pain in the joints of the lower extremities

Pain in the joints of the legs can occur as a consequence of rheumatoid arthritis , which appeared in adulthood or in childhood. Pain in the hip and knee joints is usually associated with with osteoarthritis. There are no signs of inflammation. When osteoarthritis joint pain occurs after physical exertion, by the end of the working day. With rheumatoid arthritis, on the contrary, after physical exertion the pain decreases slightly, calms down.

Usually there is pain of medium strength, joints swell and blush. This occurs on both sides of the joints and at least in 2 groups( on the temporal and ankle).Morning is accompanied by stiffness for several hours. The patient needs to disperse. With such symptoms, you should immediately consult a doctor. It is believed that rheumatoid arthritis is an incurable disease, but changes in the joints that occur in the body can be stopped if you start taking anti-inflammatory drugs on time. Other options for the treatment of joints is surgical intervention, the so-called synovectomy.

Pay attention to the fact that with osteoarthritis in the hip and knee joints there are squeaking and clicks. In such a situation, consultation is necessary. If rheumatoid arthritis is started, then eventually complete immobilization of the joint and damage to the internal organs can occur. To prevent the development of such consequences, it is necessary to start treatment as early as possible.

In many cases, physiotherapy, massages are prescribed. For joints, mud bathing and swimming are useful.

Another joint disease is the gout .This pathology arises from the deposition in the joints of a person of crystals of a substance, one of the products of purine metabolism. The content of purines is especially high in meat products, so amateurs of meat suffer mainly from gout, and the disease is called "meat-eating disease".

Violation of purine metabolism leads to the development of gout. This disease affects mainly men. Gout is accompanied by a sharp, sometimes intolerable, sudden pain.

The first is affected by the joint located at the base of the big toe. He becomes purple-red, swollen. Treatment should begin, first of all, with the restriction of meat consumption. On sale there are medications intended for the normalization of purine metabolism.

Gout is accompanied by very severe, burning, pressing, throbbing or vomiting pain. It is especially strong at night, weaken gradually by morning. Attacks of pain are provoked by reception of alcoholic drinks, consumption of fat food and meat, procedures in a bath.

In order to relieve the pain of gout, it is necessary to take an analgesic, prescribed by a doctor. The effectiveness of treatment depends largely on the diet. The consumption of meat should be reduced to a minimum, also concerns fatty foods, fish, alcohol. The doctor should be prescribed medications and the timing of the admission courses. In the treatment of gout, medications that reduce serum uric acid levels are mainly used.

Rheumatism. This disease develops following an acute infection of the upper respiratory tract. In the classical form, rheumatism is accompanied by fever and joint pain. Suffer large joints: ankle, knee, wrist, ulnar,. Pain of a volatile nature, pass from the joint to the joint. There may be swelling and redness, but these changes are reversible.

A prolonged course of rheumatism can lead to the appearance around the joint of rheumatic nodules in the form of dense formations, the size of lentils. They are common in the elbows, wrist, forearm, knee. On the skin of a child with rheumatism, there are rashes: annular or curved spots or narrow strips of pale reddish color. Progression of the disease leads to damage to the heart.