Rheumatoid arthritis is an inflammatory autoimmune disease that causes the immune system to mistakenly attack its own healthy cells, according to Dr. Jason Liebowitz, assistant professor of ...

As rheumatoid arthritis advances to its second stage, the body increases production of antibodies like rheumatoid factor. The immune system reaction intensifies, causing more persistent symptoms ...

People with autoimmune conditions may also be more likely to develop rheumatoid arthritis as "the immune system can target the joints, causing inflammation and resulting in pain, swelling, warmth ...

Preclinical rheumatoid arthritis, also known as pre-rheumatoid arthritis (pre-RA), represents the phase of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) development before symptoms appear, i.e., before inflammatory ...

Managing symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis may require trying different medicines to see what works best for you and your symptoms. The approval of Xeljanz has led to changes in how rheumatoid ...

Share on Pinterest Systemic inflammation caused by rheumatoid arthritis could make cognitive decline more likely. Image credit: Juan Claudio Perez/Getty Images. As of 2020, about 17.6 million ...

A recent review of studies on gut dysbiosis (imbalanced gut) and rheumatoid arthritis examined how the gut microbiome impacts the disease. The studies show that too little or too much of certain ...

Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Brief Overview of the Treatment. Medical principles and practice : international journal of the Kuwait University, Health Science Centre, 27 (6), 501–507. https://doi.org ...

Rates of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) were significantly greater in patients later diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), according to a large, long-running observational study. Among more than ...