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Archive for December, 2011

Treatment

Since many bacterial infections can permanently destroy cartilage around the joints, a joint infected with bacteria needs to be treated promptly with antibiotics.

Viral infections do not respond to antibiotics and most disappear by itself. However, antiviral therapies are available for some viral infections such as hepatitis C and HIV. Aspirin and ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin and other brand names) can relieve pain and inflammation during the time it takes the infection to disappear. Viral infections usually cause no injury to the joint.

If you have a bacterial infection, you may need to be hospitalized to drain the infected joint, also may be given antibiotics intravenously (into a vein) and ask you to put to rest the joint. Read the rest of this entry »

The best way to prevent infectious arthritis varies with the type of infection:

Staphylococcal arthritis: staphylococcal infection if you can use antibiotics to prevent this type of arthritis. However, in many people, the pain and inflammation in the joint are the first signs of infection.

Gonococcal arthritis: you can prevent this type of arthritis if it prevents gonorrhea. Keep safe sex or not have sex.

Lyme arthritis: the best way to prevent arthritis caused by Lyme disease is to avoid contracting Lyme disease. Wear long pants and long sleeves; Apply tick repellent and avoid woods, brush and other areas where ticks live. If you live in a common area where Lyme disease can be prevented by taking antibiotics immediately after encountering a deer tick attached or swollen. Similarly, you can prevent Lyme arthritis taking antibiotics when you look at the rash of this disease. Read the rest of this entry »

Diagnosis

If your doctor suspects that the joint symptoms are related to a bacterial infection, probably will draw fluid from the affected joint with a needle and make it a laboratory analysis. You may have blood and urine analysis. If your doctor thinks a sexually transmitted disease could be causing the problem, do a pelvic exam if a woman and man if you take a sample flow of the penis for analysis, as well as do a urinalysis.

The material extracted from urine and sent to a lab for analysis. We no analysis available to diagnose most viral diseases, but most of these viral diseases such as parvovirus, hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV, they are usually diagnosed with blood tests. Read the rest of this entry »

Symptoms of infectious arthritis include:

- pain and stiffness in the joint, typically in the knee, shoulder, ankle, finger, wrist or hip.
- heat and redness around the joint
- fever and shaking chills
- skin rash

Other symptoms vary depending on the cause of infectious arthritis. Some common symptoms of infectious arthritis include:

Lyme disease: is caused by bacteria that live in deer ticks (deer) and enter the person’s blood when the tick bites a person. Read the rest of this entry »

Infectious arthritis is to have joint pain, inflammation (swelling), and stiffness caused by infection with bacteria, viruses or fungi.

These infections can enter the joint in several ways:
- after spread through the blood of a body part to another, eg from the lungs during pneumonia
- through a wound near
- after surgery, an injection or trauma, such as an insect bite

Once the infection reaches the joint, can cause symptoms of joint inflammation, and sometimes fever and chills. Depending on the type of infection, could be affected by one or more joints. Read the rest of this entry »

The main goal of treatment is to control inflammation to stop joint damage and to control symptoms so that the child can have a good quality of life. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are usually the first drugs prescribed to relieve inflammation in the joints. This decreases the amount of an enzyme found in affected joints that stimulate inflammation.

This same enzyme, however, helps protect the stomach, so NSAIDs often cause stomach irritation and ulcers. Available low-dose non-prescription NSAIDs, including ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin and other brands) and naproxen (Naprosyn, Aleve and others). Celecoxib (Celebrex) is a new drug, called COX-2 inhibitor is believed to be safer for the stomach because it has much effect on the enzyme that protects the stomach. Read the rest of this entry »

Duration

Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis is usually a lifelong disease. However, for many people, symptoms gradually decrease or disappear in adulthood.

Prevention

Since it is unclear what causes juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, there is no way to prevent it.

When To Call a Professional

Call a health professional if a child develops a fever or rash with symptoms of arthritis, such as persistent pain in the joints, swollen joints, if the child limps and if their movements are limited. Read the rest of this entry »

Symptoms

Symptoms vary depending on the child and their specific disorder. Common symptoms include:

- one or more joints that are inflamed and painful persistently or possibly become red and hot to the touch
pain when moving the joints, although many children never complain of pain
- stiffness or decreased ability to move joints, especially upon waking in the morning
- limp
- deformed joints
- limb posture or arched

Other symptoms may include:
- uneven patterns of growth (asymmetric) (one leg longer than the other)
- blurred vision, pain or redness in the eye
- low fever
- skin rash
- fatigue
- irritability
- chest pain
- complaints of widespread pain Read the rest of this entry »

Arthritis causes inflammation (swelling) of the joints that causes pain and tumescence (swelling). Although many people believe that arthritis is a disease of the elderly, various forms of arthritis can affect people of any age. When a child under 16 has arthritis, it is called juvenile arthritis. In the U.S., approximately 285,000 children suffer from some form of this disease.

The forms of juvenile arthritis are more common

Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, also called juvenile idiopathic arthritis is the most common form of juvenile arthritis. It is believed that juvenile rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease, which means that for unknown reasons, the body’s immune system attacks its own tissues either as it should react against a foreign invader, such as a virus or bacteria. In juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, the lining of the joint (called the synovium) becomes inflamed or enlarged, limiting movement and causing pain and sensitivity. Read the rest of this entry »