Inflammatory Arthritis
What is Inflammatory Arthritis?
Inflammatory Arthritis is another type of arthritis that is less common than degenerative or osteoarthritis. These types of arthritic diseases occur when there is a malfunction of one’s immune system and the immune system errantly recognizes joint cartilage as ‘foreign’ and attacks the joints and attempts to destroy the cartilage in the joint. This can cause severe destruction of joints and has been called ‘crippling arthritis’.
Types of Inflammatory Arthritis
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Lupus arthritis
- Sjogren’s disease
- Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease-associated arthritis
Conservative Inflammatory Arthritis Treatment
Conservative treatment includes resting the joints, modifying one’s activities, walking aids, and medications such as Tylenol, Ibuprofen or Alleve.
Aggressive Inflammatory Arthritis Treatment
More aggressive medical management is available. An entire field of medical specialists called Rheumatologists is devoted to treating these diseases. Many new (and some old) regimens to suppress the immune system’s joint destruction activities now exist that are limiting this damage and preserving joints better than ever before. Multimodal therapy using low doses of several different medications seems to be particularly effective.
Unfortunately, the joint destruction does become severe in some patients and when the symptoms and loss of function are too great, then, joint replacement can bring marked improvement in pain, function and mobility.
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