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What is the disease that causes stiffness in the joints and tissue?
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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.
What is poly osteoarthritis?
poly-arthritis Or Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease that is usually treated with anti inflammatory or disease modifying drugs. this is important as this disease can totally destroy and deform effected joints and organs.
What are the causes of pain in hip joint and other small joints of the body even though the RA factor is negative and its treatment methods?
It sounds like you have an inflammatory type of arthritis. The cause for these is not known aside from the fact that they are an autoimmune disease that attacks joints and some other organs and tissue. these illnesses are usually treated with anti inflammatory of various types or with disease modifying drugs that alter the behavior of the immune system you can however have RA without RF this is known as electronegative RA.
Where is inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis?
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease that causes chronic inflammation of the joints. RA can also cause inflammation of the tissue around the joints, such as cartilage bone and muscle, as well as in other organs and tissue in the body. An autoimmune disease is a condition where body's tissues are mistakenly attacked by the body's own immune system. The immune is designed to "seek and destroy" invaders or foreign materials of the body, especially infections. Persons with autoimmune diseases have antibodies in their blood that attack their own body tissue, where they can be associated with inflammation. Because it can affect several organs of the body it is known as a systemic illness and is sometimes called rheumatoid disease. Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic illness, meaning it can last for years, patients may experience long periods of time without symptoms. Rheumatoid arthritis is a progressive illness that has the potential to cause joint destruction and functional disability.
How do osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis differ?
Osteoarthritis is a condition primarily of the cartilage of the joint. It often happens when a bone thickens to compensate for the deterioration of the normally smooth cartilage becoming rough with age. Thus, it normally affects elderly people, however it can also be found in teenagers. It commonly involves knees, fingers and hips.Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic, systemic illness that causes inflammation, stiffness and deformity of the joins. It is an autoimmune disease, That is it is the result of the body's own immune system mistakenly attacking cartridge in the joints and in some cases other organs such as the heart, lungs,eyes and epidermis. RA ischaracterized by an increase in TNF-alpha, IL-6 and other inflammatory mediators.Gout is a type of arthritis, that is the result of uric acid crystals being deposited deposited in the joints. The body reaction to this is painful inflamation. It generaly affects one joint at a time, especially the joint of the big toe. It can also affect the knees, ankles, feet, hands, wrists and elbows.Arthritis refers to diseases that affect joints in the body and there are about 100 of them. Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease that is different from say osteoarthritis which is a disease that is the result of wear and tear on the joint's Gout is another type of arthritis where an over abundance of uric acid in the body can cause severe pain to its victims.
Is there any muscular skeletal disease that causes a person to have tendon problems at a large variety of joints?
Probably Rheumatoid arthritis as it will eventually destroy all the tissue around many joints if left untreated
What is fracture disease?
a condition characterized by inappropriate pain which the side affects are tissue swelling and joint stiffness
What is the medical term meaning abnormal stiffening of a joint?
Ankylosis.Stiffness in the joints in medical terminology is also often referred to as arthritis, if the stiffness is caused by inflammation from disease, injury, disorder or infection.If the stiffness results in total joint immobility it is called an ankylosed joint.
What is the definition for chondropathy?
Chondropathy refers to a disorder affecting the cartilage, which is the smooth, rubbery connective tissue that cushions the joints. It can result in pain, swelling, stiffness, and reduced joint function. Chondropathy can be caused by injury, overuse, or conditions such as osteoarthritis.
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.
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.
In what part of the body does chriopractor specialise?
they deal with joints and soft tissue they manipulate them with hands to remove the disease
What is fibrodisplasia?
Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) is a very rare disease of connective tissue. A mutation of the body's repair mechanism causes fibrous tissue like muscles, tendons, and ligaments) to be ossified, or made into bone, when damaged. Joints may become permanently immovable.
What is loopus?
IF you mean lupus - it's an 'auto-immune' disease affecting the connective tissue of (mainly) the bone joints.
What causes the rheumatism?
It is not known what exactly causes rheumatoid arthritis We do know that the destruction of joints and other tissue that takes place in this disease is the result of the immune system mistakenly attacking cartilage and other connective tissue resulting in joint damage and many other problems. To add to the confusion there are nearly 150 different types of arthritis.
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.
What is a disease that destroys lung tissue and causes difficulty in breathing?
emphysema
