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Is rheumatoid arthritis a disease?
Yes Rheumatoid arthritis is a autoimmune disease that is the result of the immune system rejecting healthy connective tissue in the joints of the body as well as other organs and tissue.
What is a chronic systemic disease that is believed to be an autominnune condition affecting the connective tissue of the body?
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Arthritis that affects the connective tissue?
Rheumatoid Artritis.
What is rheumatoid arthritis mean?
Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease that effects the joints of the body and other parts of the body with connective tissue What happens is the umune system mistakenly rejects the body's tissue leading to damage.
Why protein excretion in urine increase in rheumatoid arthritis?
Protein excretion is an indicator of the presence of the disease it does not cause RA, RA is an autoimmune disease that effect connective tissue.
Inflammation of connective tissue is called?
Inflammation of the fibrous connective tissue in a joint commonly called rheumatism is also known as "arthritis" . Rheumatoid arthritis is one of the many diseases that are connected with this problem.
Can yoube diagnosed with Sjogren Syndrome and not have Lupus or Rheumatoid arthritis?
Sjogren's syndrome where there is gland inflammation causing dry eyes and mouth, etc.) which is not associated with another connective tissue disease is called primary Sjogren's syndrome. When Sjogren's syndrome associated with a connective tissue diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, or scleroderma, as well it is referred to as secondary Sjogren's syndrome.
Is rheumatoid arthritis an autoimmune disease?
Yes RA is an autoimmine disease.yes Rheumatoid arthritis is an Autoimmune disease that causes the dist ruction of connective tissue particularly cartilage in the joints but it can effect many other parts of the body.
How do you get osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis?
Osteoarthritis is degenerative and a result of wear and tear and in some cases trauma broken bones and sporting damage. Rheumatoid arthritis is a autoimmune disease where the immune system attacks cartilage in the joints and may also attack connective tissue in many other parts of the body it can be a debilitating and deforming disease.
How does rheumatoid arthritis affected the systems?
rheumatoid arthritis is usually associated with the destruction of cartilage in the skeletal joints. However it is also responsible for many conditions where connective tissue is associated throughout the whole body.
What is inflammatory arthritis?
Rheumatoid arthritis is a good example of this it is an Autoimmune disease. A disease where the body's own immune system attacks joints and other tissue and organs.
With what disorders is peripheral ulcerative keratitis often associated?
rheumatoid arthritis; relapsing polychondritis (connective-tissue inflammation); Wegener's granulomatosis, a rare condition characterized by kidney disease and development of nodules in the respiratory tract
