Rheumatoid examination items

Rheumatoid examination items include blood tests, autoantibody testing, blood routine and imaging examination, joint puncture and synovial fluid examination.1. Blood tests through the detection of erythrocyte sedimentation rate, C-reactive protein and other indicators, can reflect the degree of inflammation.Erythrocyte sedimentation rate increased and C-reactive protein increased usually indicate the presence of inflammatory activity in the body. 2. detection of autoantibody such as rheumatoid factor (RF) or anti-cyclic citrulline antibodies (Anti-CCP antibody). Rheumatoid factor in some rheumatoid arthritis patients can be positive, but the specificity is not 100%; anti-CCP antibody on rheumatoid arthritis has a high specificity, is of great significance to the diagnosis. 3. Blood routine can understand the situation of white blood cells, red blood cells, platelets, etc.. Help to assess the condition and exclude other diseases. 4. Imaging examinations such as X-ray and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), etc.X-ray can observe the morphological changes of the joint, but may not be obvious in the early stage; MRI is more sensitive to the diagnosis of early joint diseases, and can more clearly show synovial inflammation, cartilage destruction and other conditions. 5. Joint puncture and synovial fluid examination For some cases with difficult diagnosis, synovial fluid can be extracted by joint puncture for analysis, so as to understand the cell number and inflammatory factors in synovial fluid, which is helpful for diagnosis and differential diagnosis. These examination items are of great significance for the diagnosis, disease assessment and the formulation of treatment plan of rheumatoid arthritis. The doctor will comprehensively select the appropriate examination items according to the specific situation of the patient to confirm the diagnosis and guide the treatment..