Do You Know Lupus Can Overlap With Rheumatoid Arthritis

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RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease in which the body's immune system attacks itself. The pattern of joints affected is usually symmetrical, involves the hands and other joints and is worse in the morning.

Rheumatoid arthritis is also a systemic disease, involving other body organs, whereas osteoarthritis are limited to the joints. Over time, both forms of arthritis can be crippling. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus SLE and rheumatoid arthritis (RA).The etiology of cardiovascular disease likely involved an interaction between traditional risk factors, inflammation-induced and immune-mediated vascular injury, and hormonal and treatment-related factors.

The autoimmune and chronic inflammatory nature of both SLE and RA may contribute to atherogenesis. However, there are sufficient differences in the pathogenesis, organ involvement, and treatment modalities of SLE and RA to suggest that differences may exist in the development of atherosclerosis in each of these diseases

The onsets of the disease is usually gradual, with fatigue, morning stiffness (lasting more than one hour), diffuse muscle aches, loss of appetite, and weakness. Eventually, joint pain appears, with warmth, swelling, tenderness, and stiffness of the joint after inactivity.

The cause of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is unknown. However, RA involves an attack on the body by its own immune cells (auto-immune disease). Different cases may have different causes. Infectious, genetic, and hormonal factors may play a role.RA usually affects joints on both sides of the body equally -- wrists, fingers, knees, feet, and ankles are the most commonly affected.

Deformities result from cartilage destruction, bone erosions, and tendon inflammation and rupture. A life-threatening joint complication can occur when the cervical spine becomes unstable as a result of RA.Rheumatoid arthritis is a systemic autoimmune disease which initially attacks the synovium, a connective tissue membrane that lines the cavity between joints and secretes a lubricating fluid.

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Tina Magtalas is the author of this article and been battling the disease for over 16 years. For more information visit our website: www.lupus411.com