Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) :-

• Rheumatoid arthritis is one type of auto-immune disease that can normally damage to joints.

Introduction of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) :-

• RA is firstly recognized by French physician Augustin Jacob Landre Boauvais in 1800.
• The name of this disease is given by british rheumatologist Dr. Alferd Garrod in 1859.
• Normally arthritis comes in age of 20 to 60.
• In this disease patients have low red blood cells (RBCs) count, inflammation around the lungs and heart.

Symptoms or signs of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) :-

• Arthritis is one type of chronic disease and its symptoms marked by inflammation and joint pain.
• Signs of arthritis disease appear during periods its known as Flares.
• In symptoms of arthritis we include such as :
• Joint pain
• Joint swelling
• Joint stiffness
• Loss of joint function
• Sometimes low fever and low energy level in the human body.

  

Diagnosis of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) :-

• Diagnosis of this disorder take long time and may need multiple laboratory test to clinical examination findings.
• In diagnosis of arthritis doctors are used various types of techniques.
• By using of ultra-sonography.
• By X-ray examination.
• By Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
• There are different types of blood testing techniques are used in the diagnosis of arthritis.

1. Rheumatoid factor test :-

• In this blood test we detects for the protein its called rheumatoid factor.
• Normally high levels of rheumatoid factors are connected with various autoimmune disease such as : Rheumatoid Arthritis(RA).

2. Antinuclear antibody test :-

• This test is normally detect to our immune system and check immune system producing antibodies.
• Normally immune system can produce antibodies as a response to various types of condition including Rheumatoid Arthritis(RA).

3. Erythrocyte sedimentation rate :-

• This test is require in identification the degree of inflammation in human body.

Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis :-

• There is no cure of this auto-immune disease.
• But we can control this disease by using of the some treatments.
• By using of different medications and remedies.
• By changing of dietry.
• Particular type of exercise.
• We can also control by using of pain medications, steroids and anti-inflammatory drugs.
• Using of anti-rheumatic drugs.