How to judge rheumatism and rheumatoid

Rheumatoid and rheumatoid diseases are mainly judged by the following aspects, including symptoms, laboratory examinations, imaging examinations, etc.

1. Symptoms

Rheumatic diseases often manifest as pain in large joints, which may be accompanied by fever, rash, etc. Pain generally does not lead to joint deformity. Rheumatoid arthritis often involves small joints, such as fingers, wrists, etc., often symmetrical, persistent pain, joint swelling, deformity, stiffness, etc.

2. Laboratory examination of

rheumatic disease patients anti-streptolysin "O" may be elevated, rheumatoid arthritis patients often can detect rheumatoid factor, anti-cyclic citrulline antibody and other autoantibodies positive.

3. Imaging examination

X-ray, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and other examinations can show different changes in the joints of rheumatic diseases and rheumatoid arthritis. For rheumatic diseases, there may be no obvious abnormality in the early X-ray, and the joint space may widen in the later stage. Rheumatoid arthritis can be observed on X-ray or MRI articular cartilage destruction, osteoporosis, joint space narrowing and other typical changes, these imaging features help to distinguish between the two.