How can we distinguish between Ortho artharities Pain & Rheumatic pain?What is the cure?

Question

I am 62 years of age. Have knee joint pain with slight swelling in one of the leg joints.

Answer 1

Rheumatoid arthritis usually brings along other symptoms to your immune system, giving you fevers, and generally making it difficult for your body to fight off infection. I think there's a blood test that your physician or rheumatologist can have administered to you to see if you have rheumatoid arthrits. Osteoarthritis is a little bit harder to diagnose, unless you have a doctor willing to give you an MRI, or a CT Scan. It doesn't usually show up in x-rays. Of course, pain and swelling are symptoms of both osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis, but only rheumatoid arthritis affects your immune system as well. Get yourself a really good doctor who is willing to listen and consider testing you for even the most rare of joint diseases. There is no cure for rheumatoid arthritis, only pills. For osteoarthritis, in severe cases where conservative methods (physical therapy, pills, rest, heat and ice) have failed, many people get surgeries to either get rid of the damaged cartilage, or release ligaments and tendons that are causing swelling. Some even get knee replacements. Even these methods only slow down the process. Arthritis is basically what happens when your cartilage softens and degenerates, causing your bones to grate against each other and irritate your joints.

Answer 2

I do not think that it is possible to distinguish between Shariah and man-made laws. Shariah laws are supposedly directly taken from the religious texts, however this is not possible without the element of human interpretation of said texts. The different factions of Islam are testament to the problems arising from this human interpretation, and it has caused much conflict as each group perceives their particular interpretation as the 'correct' one. I think that attempting to use a single text as a law-making tool is always going to be problematic. I also feel that we live in an enlightened enough age, and have enough history behind us to act responsibly and ourselves decide what is considered right and wrong. The human race is informed enough and has the communication links required to make respectable decisions ourselves, rather than relying on a localised interpretation of an ancient text of origins which are considered dubious by some. I hope that we can move forward and i look forward to a future where this is the case. Somtimes i think i was born 100 years or so too early!

Answer 3

There's no cure for either one. You manage the symptoms. If you are now 62 and this is the first joint problem you've had, then it's most likely osteoarthritis (note spelling). Rheumatoid (note spelling) arthritis usually hits between 36 and 50. OA is a result of long-term damage to a joint, such as with sports injuries and even ordinary wear and tear over time. There is often swelling. RA is an autoimmune disease. It's kind of like you're allergic to yourself. RA is disfiguring to the joints.

I don't want to get technical and so I have over simplified my explanations. See your doctor for a complete evaluation and treatment plan. There's no reason for you to live with pain.

Answer 4

Your doctor can run tests to determine which form of arthritis that you have. My mother just went through that.