First of all, morning stiffness

Basically, many patients with rheumatoid arthritis will have this obvious performance. Its biggest feature is that after a period of rest, it will be stiff for a long time, and it will gradually ease after a little activity, especially at this stage after getting up in the morning, but there will be no obvious pain.

Second, joint pain

Joint pain can be said to be an obvious symptom of rheumatoid arthritis, which mainly appears in the long toe joint or hip joint, followed by toe, knee joint and hip joint. More importantly, this kind of pain is often persistent and symmetrical, and many patients will have obvious tenderness.

Third, joint swelling.

Most cases of joint swelling are very long, mainly chronic inflammation of synovium, which can also lead to obvious hypertrophy of patients. The most common swelling sites are wrist joint, metacarpophalangeal joint and knee joint, sometimes showing symmetry.

Fourth, joint deformity.

In the late stage of rheumatoid disease, patients will also be accompanied by obvious joint deformity, which is due to the existence of synovitis, so it will lead to obvious cartilage damage. Common deformities, such as subluxation of finger joints, need your own attention.

Five, joint dysfunction

Joint dysfunction is directly related to the degree of joint swelling and pain and deformity, and there are different grades, which can be generally divided into four grades. With the gradual increase of grade, the degree of joint activity limitation will become greater and greater. If the situation is more serious, maybe even the self-care ability will gradually lose.