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What is rheumatoid arthritis?
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The term arthritis refers to inflammation in a joint causing redness, a chronic progressive disease causing inflammation in the joints and resulting in painful deformity and immobility, especially in the fingers, wrists, feet, and ankles.
What symptoms and signs are seen in a person suffering from rheumatoid arthritis?
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Like many other rheumatic diseases, RA is an autoimmune disease, so-called because a persons immune system, which normally helps protect the body from infection and disease, attacks joint tissues for unknown reasons. In RA, white blood cells, the agents of the immune system are targets the synovium, which is a thin layer of tissue that lines the jo
What research is being done on rheumatoid arthritis?
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Scientists throughout the world are studying many promising areas of new treatment approaches for rheumatoid arthritis. Indeed, treatment guidelines are evolving with the availability of newer treatments. These areas include treatments that block the action of the special inflammation factors, such as tumor necrosis factor TNF alpha, B-cell and T-c