Nursing care of patients with rheumatoid arthritis experience.doc

Nursing care of patients with rheumatoid arthritis experience [Keywords:] rheumatoid arthritis care Rheumatoid arthritis is a cause unknown to chronic inflammation of multiple joints around the symmetry of recurrent autoimmune disease. Early days of symmetry joint pain, swelling, dysfunction, when the inflammatory destruction of cartilage and bone, the joint appears deformity, loss of function. about 60% to 70% of patients with active serum rheumatoid factor can occur. At present lack of cure of the disease, the treatment is intended to control inflammation, relieve symptoms, control disease progression, maintain joint function and prevent bone destruction and joint deformity. age 35 to 50 years more in women than in men, is caused by the loss of people one of the major labor and disability. 1 Clinical data 1.1 General Information last two years with rheumatoid arthritis treated 68 patients, male 12 cases, female 46, aged 18 to 62 years, mean 40 years old. Bingcheng up to 11 years, minimum 4 months, mean (39.77 + - 23.82) months. Q3 incidence in spring and autumn and winter are mostly clinical manifestations of joint pain, fever, weakness, numbness, joint stiffness, limited mobility, poor spirit, anxiety, loss of appetite, poor sleep. 1.2 The clinical manifestations of rheumatoid arthritis was diversity, most patients onset hidden, slow, often in a few weeks or months appear weak, loss of appetite, muscle aches, fever, weight loss and other symptoms, 2 / 3 of patients incidence of .95% or more in the winter of patients after a longer time to the morning stiffness, such as the adhesive with the kind of feeling, called “morning stiffness” can be as active for 30 minutes to a few hours relief. morning stiffness duration and degree of arthritis was directly proportional to the disease activity is often observed as one of the indicators. Because synovial fluid or synovial hypertrophy or increase in extra-articular soft tissue swelling and inflamm