Arthritis is often associated with high infection risk. Patients having and arthritis may suffer from infection at certain stages. Septic infection prominent infectious diseases associated with arthritis. Patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis have high infection risk as the drugs prescribed during such joint problem infectious prone.
Septic arthritis:
Septic arthritis is caused due to bacterial infection and results in inflammation of joints.
- Causes of Septic arthritis
Septic arthritis, which has high infection risk is evident when bacteria accumulates in the joint through blood flow. Bacterial infection of joints also occur due to injury or during surgery. Streptococcus pneumoniae and Staphylococcus are mostly responsible for acute septic arthritis. On the contrary chronic septic arthritis are caused due to Candida albicans and Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Whether acute or chronic, septic arthritis usually infects the knee and hip.
Septic arthritis also occur due to artificial joint implants, intravenous drug abuse, chronic illness, rheumatoid arthritis, trauma and sickle cell disease.
- Symptoms of septic arthritis
This high infection risk disease is common in both infants and adults. Infants infected with septic arthritis have high fever and have difficulty in moving the joints and limbs. The children and adults have swelling as well as tremendous pain. Low fever is a common symptom and it becomes difficult to move the infected limbs. Complications often develop resulting in joint degeneration.
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- Treatment of septic arthritis
The disease is diagnosed after a blood test and X Ray. In majority of the cases doctors recommend antibiotics. Prolaptic antibiotic is prescribed for such problem. Rest, warm compression and simple exercises gives relief to a great extent. Sometimes synovial fluid are accumulated in the joints. In such cases needle is inserted for aspiration of fluid. In extreme cases surgery may be done for drainage of excessive infected fluid. Prompt recovery takes place with antibiotic treatment. But if the patient neglects the symptoms in the initial phase, permanent damage may happen.
Rheumatoid arthritis:
The drugs which are often associated with Rheumatoid arthritis can result in high infection risk disease. Remicade or Humira are the most recommended drugs for rheumatoid arthritis. But researches have proved that regular intake of such medicines may ultimately pave the way for infectious diseases which may sometimes turn out to be serious. According to Dr. Mateson, the drugs have adverse effect on the immunological mechanism of our body, which fights against infection. Destruction of such mechanism increases high infection risk.
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