Rheumatism, Various Disease
It is common in winter will increase the ailments known as “rheumatism”, which are not always well attended because, although they manifest similarly, may have more than 150 different causes and affect different tissues related to joints, as muscles, ligaments, tendons or bones.
While the word “rheumatism” is not used in scientific medicine, this term is used popularly used to refer to the dozens of diseases that are usually painful swellings in the muscles and fibrous parts of the body (cartilage or bone, for example ), ie those tissues that make up the musculoskeletal system, ie, which supports and shapes the body, protects delicate organs such as brain, heart, lungs and spinal cord, and enables us movements and displacements.
Unfortunately, this name is so general that it considers the origin and demanded special treatment each of these various diseases, so that misdiagnosis is made (many people are unaware that they suffer from rheumatic heart disease is different from other people similar symptoms), and draws on advice, remedies and therapies that do not alleviate the problem, if any control for the inconvenience but not eliminate the problem that arises.
In general, it is known that this group of diseases affecting hundreds of millions of people around the world causing severe pain of long duration, and also having a direct relationship with age, as is common among people over 70 years (given in 52% of cases) while presenting poorly among young people (2%).
The rheumatologist, a specialist in diseases of bones and joints, is responsible for establishing the diagnosis and treatment, as well as the inconvenience features may also exist, for example, damage to internal organs (heart, kidney or lungs), as the so-called lupus erythematosus.
While there is large number of bone and joint diseases that affect mobility, the most common are osteoporosis (decreased bone mineral density), osteoarthritis, or wear and deformity of the cartilage that causes pain and loss of normal movement, and arthritis, which comprises a number of diseases characterized by inflammation of the joints, most common being rheumatoid type.
Other conditions included in the category are lumbago or pain in the lumbar (kidney) due to changes in the structures that form the spine, sciatica, a nerve disorder that causes pain in the legs and lower back and pain back (thoracic) and neck (cervical pain). All these manifestations may be due to different causes, and if they continue to be assessed by the rheumatologist.
credit to: Mario Rivas