Article: Rheumatoid Arthritis
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Rheumatoid Arthritis
A shooting pain in the knee. A burning sensation in the hand. Before you know it, you have rheumatoid arthritis.
Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammation of the joints. Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks normal tissues as if they were invading antibodies. Rheumatoid arthritis also causes inflammation of the tissues around the joints and other organs of the body. The hands and feet are the most affected areas of rheumatoid arthritis although it can also affect any joint lined by a membrane. Rheumatoid arthritis is referred to as a systematic illness and sometimes called rheumatoid disease.
Rheumatoid arthritis manifests itself over a period of a few months. However, for some, the disease appears overnight. Acc...
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