Rheumatoid Arthritis Pain Symptoms that You Should Not Ignore

Rheumatoid arthritis has several symptoms. The most common symptoms are painful and stiff joints.

But the symptoms are not limited only with pain and this disease also affects other body parts and leads inflammation. There are some signs of complications that can put the organs at risk, and you should immediately visit pain management doctors.

See for the symptoms here -

Broken Bones

RA medications can make your bones weaker. You can easily break your bones even in a simple fall. You must follow strengthening exercises along with walking that keep bones strong.

Chest Pain

RA can make you vulnerable to cardiovascular problems. With time, your arteries will have plaque buildup that is medically known as atherosclerosis. It leads to a heart attack and chest pain. It is better to seek help from a rheumatologist beforehand.

Fever

Fever is another indication of infection. RA medications can affect your immune system. When these medications help in joint pain and swelling but it cannot deal with bugs and flu. RA makes you vulnerable to infection as it weakens the immune system.

Another sign is a fracture in spine that is known as vertebral compression fracture. People with RA has higher risks of osteoporosis and bone thinning, brittle bones that a fracture easily. With a simple fall from a little height can fracture your wrist bones or spine or shoulder blade. Even you can get vertebral compression fracture from sneezing, coughing or while lifting an item. Moreover, RA patients get a medication that is prednisone that can speed up bone loss. When it happens, you can feel localized pain in the spine.

Red Eyes

RA can cause inflamed eyes and can cause scleritis or episcleritis. In this condition, the white part of the eyes become red and this is indeed painful and can affect vision. This is an emergency and you must visit your doctor to evaluate the condition. If episcleritis is not an emergency, this still causes red eyes and who does not have specialization in eyes can have difficulties to differentiate between episcleritis from scleritis. Episcleritis is uncomfortable but it does affect vision. But you should visit your doctor to know the correct condition of your eyes.

Unable to Move Fingers

RA inflammation can make your ring and fingers inflamed and stiff and you will be unable to move them because the extensor tendons on the top of the hands are weakened. With wrist inflammation, the swelling can affect the finger extensors and rupture the tendons.

Contact our pain management doctors in Longevity Regenerative Institute. Wee will help you to control pain and inflammation that are making your life miserable.

**Disclaimer: This blog post does not establish terms of a doctor-patient relationship and is not intended to be taken as a doctor's advice.