Anatomy - Rheumatoid arthritis and Osteoarthritis Flashcards
What is osteoarthritis and where does it usually occur?
Wearing down of protective cartilage at end of bones over time
- Knees
- Hip
What are the characteristics of osteoarthritis?
- Sclerosis
- Muscle weakness
- Fibrocartilage and ligaments
- Angiogenesis
- Neural ingrowth
- CNS adaptation
What are the properties of surgery for arthritis?
- Arthroplasty - very effective
- Problems selecting patients
- Resource problems
- Longevity of replaced joints
- Timing of surgery pre-retirement
How are NSAIDs used in arthritis and what are the complications?
- High dose
- Some cause peptic ulcers
- Higher chance of peptic ulcers in females
- More than 1 NSAID causes peptic ulcers
- risk with ulcer history
- Worsened outcome with corticosteroid use
Where do NSAIDs cause adverse effects?
- Hut
- Renal
- Skin
- Liver
- CNS
- Haematological
- Cardiovascular
What are the properties of rheumatoid arthritis?
- Uncommon
- Inflammatory disease
- Destructive tissue response
- Ummunological and non-immunological mechanisms
- Can acheive disease modification
What are the epidemiological risk factors for arthritis?
- Age
- Gender
- Post-partum
- Stress
- Genetic
- Smoking
- Low education
- Deprivation
- Periodontal disease
- Microbiome
What are the areas affected by rheumatoid arhtiritis?
- Systemic disease
- Emphasis on joints
- Eyes
- Skin
- Vasculitis
- Lungs
- Salivary glands
- Pericarditis
What are the implications of use of prednisolone for arthritis?
- Osteoporosis
- Cataracts
- Weight gain
- Diabetes
- Hypertension
- Dependence
What are the mechanisms of DMARDs (disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs)?
- Synovitis
- Release damaging factors (i.e. cytokines and proteases)
- Reduce joint damage
- Improve functional outcome
What are some exmaples of DMARDs?
- Corticosteroids
- Methotrexate
- Cyclophosphamide
- Ciclosporin A
What plays a bog role in inflammation?
Tumour necrosis factor
What happens when you block tumour necrosis factor?
Reduced inflammation
How does the foot move when contactin ground when walking?
- Heel makes first contact
- Rolls over its lateral side
- Pressure then shifted to medial forefoot
- Big toe next at point of ‘foot off’
What are the properties of the hip joint?
- Ball and socket joint
- Large degree of freedom
- 21 separate muscles move and stabilise it