Rheumatoid Arthritis affects the joints. It’s one of over 200 types of arthritis, but of them all it’s probably the best known and one for the most difficult to treat. It occurs when the body mistakenly sees the tissues in the cartilage within joints as a foreign and hostile entity and attacks it. Immune responses in the body cause inflammation which, in the joints causes chronic pain and loss of mobility. Before the advent of modern medicine, rheumatoid arthritis could also cause deformity but this symptom is rarely seen now.
There are all sorts of treatments both holistic and pharmaceutical which can help to alleviate the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis but once you’ve got it, it’s not going away. With the proper management techniques and by following the instructions of your GP you’ll find that its progress is slow and it may actually start to recede and return any lost mobility to you.
Scientists have recently discovered that auto-antibodies in the blood may lead to a higher chance of getting heart disease. It was initially thought that these tiny cells were only indicators of cardiovascular problems in sufferers of rheumatoid arthritis but it’s not become clear that they can also be just as potent a warning in people without the condition as well.
The best way to avoid the damage a condition can do to you is not to get that condition in the first place, prevention is better than cure. Any indicators of the likelihood of things like heart disease could help medical professionals save lives as, when they’ve got an early enough warning they can help patients take certain steps. There are all sorts of things that can be done to lower the risk of heart disease and other conditions which are just as dangerous and taking steps early enough can help the condition from occurring in the first place.
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