Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease that leads too connective tissues of the joints as well as many other tissues and organs to become inflamed as a result of attack by the immune system. the exact cause is still unknown and there is no cure for it at present. the disease is also 3 times more prevalent in women then in men.
I believe the medical term is scleroderma
scleroderma
scleroderma
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Sclerosis is the term while scleroderma is sclerosis of the skin tissues.
scleroderma
Scleroderma
scleroderma
Rheumatoid arthrits
Rheumatoid arthritis is the autoimmune disorder that attacks the synovial membranes of joints and other tissues.
the reason for RA is stil not understood.
arthritis
The term that relates to arthritis in the case of juveniles is "Juvenile idiopathic arthritis" which is an autoimmune disease that usually first shows itself as several joints becoming inflamed and stiff at the same time. For more info on this condition go to the related link below (Juvenile idiopathic arthritis)
pleuritis
pleural effusion.
You have rheumatoid arthritis, which involve the small joints.
the synovial membrane becomes intensely inflamed. Usually thin and delicate, the synovium becomes thick and stiff, with numerous infoldings on its surface. The membrane becomes invaded by white blood cells
Meningitis is acute inflammation of the meninges. These are otherwise known as the protective membranes covering the spinal cord and the brain.
Inflamed skin disorder in dogs less than 4 month old.
Ligaments can be torn or broken due to injury or fracture, and they can get inflamed in rheumatoid arthritis and infected in septic arthritis