Is rheumatoid arthritis dangerous

Answer 1

No RA is not fatal in itself. However the drugs required to keep it under control can reduce your life span by up to 10 years. As a matter of fact they can kill you outright if you are not careful with them. Then there is the added risk of infection and other problems that could lead to death indirectly. However on the whole no it is not fatal.
While Ra as such is mot likely to cause death there are underlying factors that can make those that have RA moresusceptible to infections cardiovascular diseases high blood pressure and a variety of other problem that can lead to an earlier death then to those without the disease. this is at present estimated somewhere between 10 and 5 years.

Answer 2

It depends on how you see dangerous. Rheumatoid arthritis is a disease that can cause constant pain, deform and destroy joints of the body as well as cause trouble with many other parts of the body ranging from the skin to the brain to other organs, however it is unlikely to kill you of itself. never the less it can cause conditions to occur that can kill you. RA in itself however is not dangerous.

Answer 3

Arthritis in itself is not a terminal disease. You should keep in mind however that there are many (over a hundred ) different forms of arthritis. The problem is though that Arthritis can bring about other conditions such as infections. or problems weaken other systems that may lead to death. In any case diseases like Rheumatoid arthritis which is an autoimmune disease does have the effect of taking a few years of life.