What is the cause of Rheumotoid Arthrites and give systems?!
Question: IT is not a old people thing as children can get it.
Answers: IT is not a old people thing as children can get it.
I have RA and it is very painful. It cripples and deforms your fingers. I have it mostly every where. Yes, more children than you think develop it. Your joints are red, inflamed, swollen and very painful.
a search of the disease with the correct spelling will give you the cause and symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis....
Don't know but I had it in my hands for a time and went on Celebrex under a doctor and was soon clear of the disease. best of luck.
Cause: The cause of rheumatoid arthritis is unknown. Even though infectious agents such as viruses, bacteria, and fungi have long been suspected, none has been proven as the cause. The cause of rheumatoid arthritis is a very active area of worldwide research. Some scientists believe that the tendency to develop rheumatoid arthritis may be genetically inherited. It is suspected that certain infections or factors in the environment might trigger the immune system to attack the body's own tissues, resulting in inflammation in various organs of the body such as the lungs or eyes.
Regardless of the exact trigger, the result is an immune system that is geared up to promote inflammation in the joints and occasionally other tissues of the body. Immune cells, called lymphocytes, are activated and chemical messengers (cytokines, such as tumor necrosis factor/TNF and interleukin-1/IL-1) are expressed in the inflamed areas.
Environmental factors also seem to play some role in causing rheumatoid arthritis.
Symptoms:
* Joint pain, joint swelling, joint stiffness, and warmth around the affected joint
* Morning stiffness which lasts one or more hours
* Symmetrical pattern of affected joints, meaning the same joint on both sides of the body is affected (e.g., both knees)
* Small joints of the hands and feet are characteristically involved, although any joint can be affected
* Rheumatoid nodules (firm lumps under the skin), found on elbows and hands of about one-fifth of rheumatoid arthritis patients
* Fatigue and noticeable loss of energy
* Low grade fevers and sometimes flu-like symptoms
* Loss of appetite, weight loss, anemia associated with chronic diseases, depression
* Dry eyes and dry mouth associated with a secondary condition Sjogren's syndrome
* Joint deformity and instability from damage to cartilage, tendons, ligaments, and bone
* Limited range of motion in affected joints
* Flares and remission of disease activity is characteristic of rheumatoid arthritis
* Rheumatoid arthritis may affect more than the joints and have systemic effects (i.e., affects the organs of the body)
The damage from RA is done by inflammation, and can result in serious joint pain that is usually worse in the morning, bilateral, and spares the most distal finger joints. It can also cause nodules, typically on the elbows or the underside of the forearm.
The cause of the inflammation in the first place is unknown. Certain antibodies (rheumatoid factor and anti-CCP antibodies) are associated with having the disease, as are certain HLA types (has to do with genetics and your immune system)
Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease that can cause chronic inflammation of the joints and other areas of the body.
Rheumatoid arthritis can affect persons of all ages and thee cause of rheumatoid arthritis is not known.
Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic disease, characterized by periods of disease flares and remissions.
In rheumatoid arthritis, multiple joints are usually, but not always, affected in a symmetrical pattern.
Chronic inflammation of rheumatoid arthritis can cause permanent joint destruction and deformity.
Damage to joints can occur early and does not correlate with symptoms.
The "rheumatoid factor" is an antibody blood test that can be found in 80 % of patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
There is no known cure for rheumatoid arthritis. The treatment of rheumatoid arthritis optimally involves a combination of patient education, rest and exercise, joint protection, medications, and occasionally surgery. Early treatment of rheumatoid arthritis results in better outcomes.
For further information about rheumatoid arthritis, please visit the following sites:
The Arthritis Foundation (http://www.arthritis.org)
P.O. Box 19000
Atlanta, Georgia 30326
(or contact your local chapter)
For additional information, please contact:
National Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Clearinghouse
Box AMS
Bethesda, Maryland 20892
301-495-4484
First, I'm sorry about the miss spellings, my check spelling is on strike.....My son had JRA...Juvinile Rheumotoid Arthrites. We eventually had an appointment with the head of research in Denver. What I remember of that appointment and don't quote me...is that it takes three virus in the right order to trigger the disease....cortcorizone works and always works but is devastating to the body. Dr. Holister wrote a pamplet on JRA. There are several ways that the JRA can surface...inflamation of the heart, stomach and lungs.....high fevers.....rashes...swelling of the joints on one or more. I saw my son's lips swell and looked like bananas. It flares off and on lasting from my experience 1 week to 3 months. May and August is the worse. I kept records on the symptoms for years....first came the nose bleed and headache....this was the sign that I would get my son Indomethicine.....next came the fevers that would reach up to 106 degrees....the doctor say the internal fevers wouldn't harm his brain but, I wasn't going to take a change and would immediately cool him down with a shower....at 104 he could come out. The flares also had a cycle throughout the day lasting a few hours. You never knew he was sick when he broke the fever... I encourage him to ride a mountain bike at age 6 and frowned on high impact games like scoccer. There is natural cortizone made in the body by the adrenal gland and it's mate is the kidneys....vitamine B stress is good for this and since it is an autoimmume disease the spleen needs vitamin C. I also found when he ate MSG, monosodium glutamate that the flares would come in about a week. That's another can of worms and has many names like natural flavors....just type in MSG. E-mail me if you have questions....I would be more than happy to answer all that I can.... hdgs@frontiernet.net
Addional info. At that time Dr. Holister was studying 450 children and only 3 had the same symptoms as my son....today my son is an extreme bike rider that rides with world class riders....JRA doesn't mean you will be crippled.