How arthritis can be treated with Leech therapy.
Leech therapy for arthritis Arthritis is a very common disease found today but still is not well understood by people. Arthritis affects almost all the people of different ages, both sexes, and all races. It is the most common cause in the people for causing disability in the joints. There are more than a hundred types of arthritis are present with different causes. If the ration is seen between men and women then arthritis is more common among the women who get worse with the increasing age when the women are in menopause.
Arthritis is pain and swelling of the joint which can be seen in one or more than one joints.
If the pain and swelling are present in one joint then it is called acute inflammatory monoarthritis, if more two to four joints are affected than it is called oligoarthritis and if four or more joints are affected than it called as polyarthritis.
Factors which are taken into consideration while diagnosing arthritis
- Age and gender of the patient
- Joints involved
- Speed of onset
- Periarticular inflammation
- Features preceding the onset of pain
- Previous injury of joints
- Obesity
The patient with arthritis, joint pain, and stiffness of the joint get worsen with the increasing age. The most common arthritis present in the patient is gout, osteoarthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis.
What are the types of arthritis
- Gout
- Osteoarthritis
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Ankylosing arthritis
- Juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- Psoriatic arthritis
- Septic arthritis
- Thumb arthritis
- Reactive arthritis
- Joint infections
- Viral arthritis
Many viral infections can cause arthralgia (joint pain without abnormal examination findings), and an acute symmetrical inflammatory polyarthritis affecting small and large joints of upper and lower limbs that is usually self-limiting within 6 weeks.
They include parvovirus, hepatitis B and C, mumps, rubella, chickenpox, and infectious mononucleosis. The rapidity of onset of the symptoms with the presence of fever and the characteristic rash on the skin can suggest the diagnosis of the disease.
Polyarthritis that persists for more than 6 weeks is unlikely to be viral A definitive diagnosis may initially be difficult but often becomes clearer as characteristic features develop.
However, certain patterns are characteristic and may be present at or soon after presentation RA (rheumatoid arthritis) is by far the most common cause of chronic inflammatory, symmetrical polyarthritis affecting small and large joints of upper and lower limbs.
Tenosynovitis and bursitis are the main Periarticular manifestations. Marked asymmetry, lower limb predominance and greater involvement of large joints are all more characteristic of seronegative spondyloarthritis.
The systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) usually causes arthralgia and tenosynovitis rather than synovitis. Chronic polyarthritis due to gout is invariably preceded by a long history of acute attacks. Other causes of polyarthritis are rare.
Symptoms of arthritis
- Involvement of joints
- Swelling
- Pain and tenderness
- Stiffness
- Redness
- Restricted movement of joint
There is a relapse in the symptoms which means symptoms may come and go. These symptoms can be mild, moderate and severe depending upon the cause and duration of the disease. But with the progress of time, the disease symptoms get worse.
The changes are permanent which can be visible in the form of knobby finger joints. Some changes can be seen in x-rays.
With the progress of diseases, the organs of the body also get affected like heart, eyes, lungs, kidney, and skin.