Rheumatoid arthritis

Even though that there are over a hundred types of arthritis, there are only five that are relatively common. “Osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, fibromyalgia, and gout. (“Sources of Arthritis Pain”)” Osteoarthritis is a disease in which the cartilage in the joints between bones wear down. This causes the bones to slowly enlarge. Some symptoms include joint stiffness, swelling, cracking or grinding with movement, and the joint itself becomes dysfunctional (“Diseases and…

Rheumatoid arthritis is categorized as autoimmune and chronic progressive disease. Our immune system is a complex and dynamic organization of cells and antibodies functioned to find out and destroy organisms and substances which harm us, such as infections. Autoimmune disease means by our immune system starts attacking our own body, mistaking body tissues as foreign invader. In this case, immune system mistakenly attacked the joints and cause stiffness and inflammation to the connective tissue…

Rheumatoid Arthritis is an autoimmune disease that targets synovial tissues, cartilage and bone (Smolen & Keystone, 2012). In an autoimmune disease, the immune system mistakes the body's own cells for invaders and attacks healthy cells and organs instead of pathogens (Spriggs, 2014). The two long bones of the forearm, the radius and the ulna, are connected through the radioulnar joint, a joint that is divided into a proximal and a distal half (Savvidou, Murphy, Mailhot, Shushan, Scheker, 2013).…

Visualize your life with pain, stiffness and lower energy. How would you act in response? You would not be there to understand when someone is dealing with the symptoms of Rheumatoid arthritis RA is a chronic long live disease that can cause disability and decrease the quality of live. In which the body immune system exterminated its own connective tissue. This disease is to make distinctive by inflammation in the synovium the tissue that lines the joint. When the synovium is attacked, it…

Rheumatoid arthritis is defined as, “a chronic systemic disease marked by inflammation of multiple synovial joints.” The inflammation within the articulations causes the synovial fluid inside the joints to harden making range of motion decrease significantly. Over time, if left unmonitored, the cartilage between the joints breaks down, causing permanent joint damage and deformity. There are an estimated 2 million people in the United States afflicted by rheumatoid arthritis with…

Arthritis (Joint Pain) Arthritis is simply inflammation in one or more joints within' your body. In the world today it is well known of the two main types of Arthritis which are Osteoarthritis, and Rheumatoid Arthritis. Those two main types can severely damage the many joints in the body in a variety of ways. Osteoarthritis is when the joint cartilage is just naturally torn from a hardworking person. The hard slick coating that is found on the ends of bones in the body is usually what tears. If…

There are two main types of arthritis that occur most commonly in both humans and animals, Osteoarthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis. Osteoarthritis is considered “wear and tear” of the joints, whereas Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is due to the immune system not working properly. Both diseases are highly painful and can indicate to major bone and joint problems if not handled in the correct way. During RA the body mistakes antibodies against its own proteins, which then leads to the overreaction of…

Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) is an inflammation of the joints that is the result of the body’s own immune system attacking the joints (Peacock & Ostrov, 2000). Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis is also known as juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) (Brescia, 2012). There are seven major types of JRA, which are: systemic JIA; oligoarthritis; polyarticular arthritis, rheumatoid factor negative; polyarticular arthritis, rheumatoid factor positive; psoriatic arthritis; enthesitis-related…

J. Connolly et.al [28] also propose a wearable rehab technology for automatic measurement of patients with arthritis. They put forward the ideas surrounding the development of an accurate hand measuring tool to assist medical clinicians and rheumatologists in the accurate measurement of finger and thumb movement of the human hand. Angle measuring instruments, tape measure and grip strength dynamometer are used to assess the joint range and function of a patient to determine their hand function.…

that rheumatoid arthritis affects 0•5–1•0% of adults in developed countries. The disease is more frequent in women than men. Prevalence rises with age and is highest in women older than 65 years, suggesting hormonal factors could have a pathogenic role.40 Estimates of the frequency of rheumatoid arthritis vary depending on the methods used to ascertain its presence. Incidence ranges from 5 to 50 per 100 000 adults in developed countries and increases with age. Prevalence of rheumatoid arthritis…