What kind of symptoms is rheumatism?

Rheumatism is a group of diseases with skin, muscles, joints and tendons as the main clinical manifestations, also known as connective tissue disease.

Clinical common rheumatism includes rheumatic fever after streptococcal infection, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, Sjogren's syndrome, polymyositis and dermatomyositis, immune-related vasculitis, adult Still's disease and so on.

Different rheumatism has different clinical manifestations. The most common clinical manifestations of rheumatism are repeated joint swelling and pain, such as Raynaud's syndrome, morning stiffness, dry mouth, dry eyes, repeated low or high fever, rashes at different parts of the body, alopecia, recurrent oral ulcers, etc. Some patients with rheumatism will also have organ damage. Renal damage can be manifested as proteinuria, hematuria and even renal insufficiency.

Anemia, leukopenia and thrombocytopenia may occur when the blood system is involved; Respiratory and circulatory system is involved, and multiple serosal effusion often occurs; Nervous system involvement can include peripheral nerve involvement, such as hand numbness and foot numbness, and central nervous system involvement, such as seizures and mental disorders.