Arthritis-Attenuate the embarrassment

Arthritis-Attenuate the embarrassment

In general, arthritis is a chronic affection which requires a long-term treatment. Certain people know periods of remission – i.e. they test no pain during a certain time – but when they feel pain, measurements are essential. Fortunately there exist drugs which can help them.

In the case of polyarthritis rhumatoïde, the doctors often recommend the following drugs:

anti-inflammatory drugs not stéroïdiens (AINS), like the AAS, ibuprofene and naproxene;
modifying antirhumatismaux agents of the disease, like the hydroxychloroquine, the gold salt by oral way and for injection, the sulfasalazine, the d-pénicillamine or the méthotrexate;
corticosteroids like the prednisone.
Many of these drugs can cause painful effects for the stomach, energy of a light nausea to the feelings of burn and even to the ulcers. It is thus important to ask your doctor or with your pharmacist which are the signs of warning to be supervised (feelings persistent of heartburn or saddles noirâtres and poisseuses). In the presence of a high risk of ulcer of the stomach, the doctor can also prescribe a preventive drug. As with any other drug, you near your doctor or of your pharmacist inform about the possible side effects and what you can make to prevent them or to attenuate them.

In addition to the drugs, one could recommend physiotherapy to you to maintain, as much as possible, the flexibility and the force of your articulations.

To treat osteoarthritis, the doctors adopt a slightly different method, because the cause of the pain is different from that of the polyarthritre rhumatoïde. Although the AINS and the corticosteroids always constitute an option, in much of case, the pain can be controlled using the acetaminophene, which is not an anti-inflammatory drug. The injection of corticosteroids directly in the articulations reached could also appear useful. Among nonmedicamentous measurements, let us note the wearing of apparatuses which stabilize the articulation and prevent it from moving. The reduction of the weight can decrease the stress imposed on the bearing articulations, like those of the hips and the knees. In the serious cases, the surgery could prove to be necessary.