What are the differences between rheumatoid arthritis and gout?

The middle-aged and elderly people are currently the fastest growing group in my country. Therefore, their health problems are becoming more and more prominent. Among them, rheumatoid arthritis and gout are the biggest threats to their health. However, many middle-aged and elderly people cannot distinguish the difference between rheumatoid arthritis and gout, resulting in delayed treatment. Let’s take a look at the differences between rheumatoid arthritis and gout.

1. Different causes: Most rheumatic diseases should be called rheumatoid arthritis. Most of the rheumatic diseases in cold areas do not affect the heart. It does not damage bones and most cases can be cured. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, rheumatism is a type of cold arthritis. Rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis are hot arthritis. Even if there are symptoms of chills, it is real heat and false cold or internal heat and external cold. A small number of rheumatic fever patients are infected with streptococci, while rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease.

2. Different pathologies and symptoms: Rheumatism is caused by poor blood circulation in the meridians, resulting in coldness and pain. Rheumatoid arthritis is a disease in which foreign objects outside the blood vessels compress the blood vessels, causing blockage and pain. From the outside, there is no swelling in the early stages of rheumatism. The joints will not be deformed in the later stage.

In the early stages of rheumatoid arthritis, the small joints of the fingers and toes become symmetrically swollen, and in the later stages the joints become deformed. The pulse of rheumatic disease is often slow and deep, while the pulse of rheumatoid arthritis is often fine and rapid.

3. Different treatment principles: Rheumatic disease can often be cured quickly with general anti-rheumatic western medicine or Chinese medicine for dispelling wind and cold, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, while rheumatoid arthritis cannot be cured with general anti-rheumatic Chinese and Western medicine, and sometimes the condition gets worse. Although rheumatoid arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis differ by only one letter, their meanings are completely different. Rheumatoid arthritis is a manifestation of rheumatic fever. Rheumatic fever is a systemic allergic disease caused by group A beta-hemolytic streptococcal infection. At the beginning of the disease, there is often a history of infection such as pharyngitis and erysipelas. Rheumatic fever has an acute onset and is more common in adolescents. Rheumatoid arthritis can invade the heart, causing rheumatic heart disease, with symptoms such as fever, subcutaneous nodules and rash.