Differential diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis

Rheumatoid arthritis is a distinct disease from osteoarthritis. Rheumatoid arthritis is caused by rheumatoid disease that damages the cartilage and synovium of joints, causing pain, swelling and dysfunction. The disease requires aggressive and complete hematology tests, including rheumatoid factor, erythrocyte sedimentation, C-reactive protein, etc. It can also cause heart damage, and rheumatoid arthritis often occurs in small joints of the hands and feet. Osteoarthritis is a degenerative form of osteoarthritis caused by overuse of the joints. Often occurs in the larger joints of the body, knee joint is the most common, this situation will cause knee joint pain, especially when going up and down stairs more obvious, but also cause knee joint swelling and dysfunction, ordinary X-ray examination can effectively identify.