How to treat arm rheumatism

How to treat arm rheumatism pain? First of all, it is necessary to make clear that arm pain is not necessarily caused by rheumatism. Some orthopedic problems can cause arm pain. For example, cervical spine problems can show numbness and pain in the forearm. Therefore, imaging of the cervical spine should be done first, except for cervical spondylosis. Secondly, if the muscle pain of the arm is caused by trauma, this should also be excluded. Rheumatology is a group of diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, polymyositis, dermatomyositis, etc. A variety of rheumatism can cause arm pain, mainly caused by wrist, elbow, shoulder pain, such as rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis more prone to upper limb joint swelling, pain. If muscle pain may also be seen in rheumatic polymyalgia, or dermatomyositis patients. If joint pain, except inflammatory arthritis, to the regular hospital for ESR, C-reactive protein, rheumatoid factor, anti-CCP antibody, gene testing, such as HLA-B27. If muscle pain, should do ESR, C-reactive protein and muscle enzymes, including creatine kinase, lactate dehydrogenase and so on.