Friday 29 April 2016

Rheumatoid Arthritis


Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease that can cause chronic inflammation of the joints and other areas of the body.

While early symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis can actually be mimicked by other diseases, the symptoms are very characteristic of rheumatoid disease. Rheumatoid arthritis symptoms and signs include the following:

  • Fatigue
  • Joint pain
  • Joint tenderness
  • Joint swelling
  • Joint redness
  • Joint warmth
  • Joint stiffness
  • Loss of joint range of motion
  • Limping
  • Joint deformity
  • Many joints affected (polyarthritis)
  • Both sides of the body affected

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