Septic Arthritis, Inflammatory Joint Disease Due To Infection. Septic arthritis is an infection that is very painful at the joints. Bacteria or fungus can spread from other areas in the body into the joints. Sometimes the bacteria only infect joints alone without disturbing other body areas.
In septic arthritis, germs infiltrate into the joints and causes severe pain accompanied by swelling. Usually only has one joint germs. The bacteria most often attack the knee, although other joints can also be affected, including hips, ankles, elbows, wrists, and shoulders.
Septic Arthritis, Inflammatory Joint Disease Due To Infection
Children and adults are most likely to be afflicted by septic arthritis. If treated within a week after symptoms first appear, most of its victims may be completely recovered.
Symptoms
Septic arthritis is usually caused discomfort and difficulty moving the affected joints. Signs and symptoms include:
1. Fever
2. severe Pains in the joints are exposed, particularly when moving joints
3. swelling of the affected joints
4. warm up in the area of the affected joints
In children, symptoms can be either an addition;
1. Lost your appetite
2. fast heartbeat (takikardia)
3. irritability
In adults, septic arthritis most commonly attack the joints on the arms and legs, especially the knees. In children, is the most hip joints may be affected. Children with Septic hip arthritis often holding his hip in the same position and try to avoid rotation joint.
The Cause Of
Septic arthritis occurs when there is an infection elsewhere in the body, then spread through the bloodstream to joints. Wound drug injections or skewer, surgery is performed near the joints also allow bacteria into the joint space.
Lining of the joints (sinovium) have little protection from infection. Upon reaching sinovium, the bacteria enter easily and can begin to destroy the cartilage. Inflammation of the joints, pressure is increasing, and the reduced flow of blood in the joints of the body’s reaction to bacteria, and it all contributes to the damage to the joints.
Types of bacteria
A number of bacterial strains can cause septic arthritis. The type most often cause septic arthritis is Staphylococcus aureus (Staph), bacteria commonly found in the skin and in the nose.
Septic arthritis is more used to be, often caused by bacteria that causes the sexually transmitted diseases, gonorrhea. But the safe sex practices led to a decrease in its complications, including gonorrhea and septic arthritis. However, in young people are sexually active, gonorrhea is still potentially cause septic arthritis.
Other infectious causes
The Virus can also attack the joints (arthritis viral), although usually these disorders fully recovered himself and left little damage to the joints. Infection of the joints can also be caused by fungi (fungal arthritis). Another type of arthritis that can be transmitted is reactive arthritis that causes joint pain in response to an infection in other parts of the body even though the joint itself is not infected.
Treatments and medications
Antibiotic drugs
Doctors must identify the bacteria that cause infection in advance, and then choose the most effective antibiotics to target bacteria. Antibiotics are usually given through a vein in the arm veins at first.
Patients could then switch to oral antibiotics. Long treatment of antibiotic depends on health, which infects bacteria types and extent of infeksinya. Usually, treatment takes about two to six weeks.
Antibiotics are at risk of side effects, including nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. Allergic reactions can also occur. Discuss with your doctor about any side effects to expect from treatment.
Drainage of the joints
Drying liquid synovial fluids from infected joints has three goals: Eliminate bacteria from the joints, reduce pressure on your joints, and got a sample to test for bacteria and other organisms. The most common method is through the removal of fluid joints Arthroscopy.
In Arthroscopy, a flexible tube with a video camera at its end is inserted into the joint through a small incision. Tube suction drainage and then inserted through small incisions around the joints to drain off liquids of infected joints.
Septic Arthritis, Inflammatory Joint Disease Due To Infection
The doctor may be able to pull out the juices of the joints with a needle (arthrocentesis). Arthrocentesis can be repeated every day, until there are no bacteria were found in the fluid.
The pelvic joints are difficult to be accessed so that it may require surgery to drain fluid open joints. Repetition operation is sometimes also necessary.
Recovery
After the infection can be controlled, doctors usually recommend patients do gentle movement to maintain the function of joints. The movement of the joints can keep the body from the stiffness of the joints and muscles. The movement also encourages blood flow and circulation which helps the body’s healing process.
