Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic irritation of the joints. Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks normal tissues as if they were invade antibodies. Rheumatoid arthritis also causes irritation of the tissues around the joints and other organs of the body. The hands and feet are the most affected areas of rheumatoid arthritis though it can also affect any joint lined by a membrane.
Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic irritation of the joints. Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks normal tissues as if they were invade antibodies. Rheumatoid arthritis also causes irritation of the tissues around the joints and other organs of the body. The hands and feet are the most affected areas of rheumatoid arthritis though it can also affect any joint lined by a membrane.
If you have rheumatoid arthritis, you should be worried about risk from cardiovascular events. That includes both heart attacks and strokes.Women with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have high rates of non fatal heart attacks. This occurs even without traditional risk factors being present. (Solomon, et al. Circulation 2003; 107: 1303-1307). The... This article discusses some of the prognostic factors used to guide arthritis specialists when they treat patients with rheumatoid arthritis.Evidence suggests there is a narrow window of opportunity, perhaps as slim as 3 months, in which aggressive treatment with disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs can reduce x-ray damage and subsequent disability.Once a...
Patients with severe rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who have poor prognostic factors or rapidly progressive disease are considered to be candidates for early treatment with biologic drugs such as TNF-inhibitors.These drugs are targeted therapies that act on tumor necrosis factor, a cytokine, to block its action in the immune response that...
Biological response modifiers (BRMS) are drugs that target inflammatory pathways in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and represent a relatively new approach to the treatment of RA.Medications that block tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-a), a pro-inflammatory cytokine important in the pathogenesis of RA, were among the first to be developed and approved...
TMJ or Temporo Mandibular joint disorder comes about due to a lot of factors. The causes comprise of improper alignment of the jaw, side effects of drugs, bruxism, and rheumatoid arthritis. This disease leads to a lot of jaw pain, headaches, earaches, difficulty in eating and performing any activity involving mouth and neck muscles.
A recent study has shown that the use of a combination of a tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitor along with methotrexate therapy in people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) was associated with a reduction in heart attack risk of 80 percent compared with patients using methotrexate alone, according to research presented...

