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Rheumatoid Arthritis Interventions - ✔✔-Pt education on what to expect and what is
happening
-Provide additional sleeping periods/naps when exacerbation
-2-3 10-15min exercises daily w/ gentle ROM
-Heat application
-Strength training
-Promote ADLs
-Medication Administration (aspirin, ibuprofen, celebrex)
-Safety measures
-Proper use of walking aids
Osteoarthritis (OA) - ✔✔progressive, degenerative joint disease with loss of articular cartilage
and hypertrophy of bone (formation of osteophytes, or bone spurs) at articular surfaces.
Occurs
at the hands, hips, and knees
,Osteoarthritis Risk factors - ✔✔-RA
-Obesity
-Trauma
-Infections
-occupations
-Age
Osteoarthritis Clinical Manifestations - ✔✔-Localized pain
-Bony knobs at end of joints of fingers (herbedens nodes) (distal joint)
-Edema
-Grating/cracking sounds w/ joint movement
-Morning stiffness better w/ activity
-Bouchards nodes at proximal joints
-Deformity
Osteoarthritis Diagnostic Tests - ✔✔X-ray
, CT Scan
MRI
Synovial Fluid Analysis
Arthroscopy
rheumatoid arthritis (RA) - ✔✔chronic systemic disease characterized by autoimmune
inflammatory changes in the connective tissue throughout the body
Rheumatoid Arthritis Risk Factors - ✔✔-Women age 30-60 yrs old
-Smokers
-Genetics
-Bacterial/viral diseases
Rheumatoid Arthritis Signs and Symptoms - ✔✔-Erythema
-Heat
-Pain