| has been done a lot of arthritis research the last | | | | typical symptoms but they varies from person to |
| decade and because of it we now know that | | | | person. Painful and swollen joints, morning stiffness and |
| rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a disease we can place | | | | fatigue are the most common symptoms. |
| under the auto-immune diseases. But is enough arthritis | | | | There are doctors that are specialized in the care for |
| research done to find a cure for this disease that | | | | people with RA called rheumatologist and they are |
| makes millions of people suffer?. In this article we look | | | | trained specifically to take a larger look at the patient |
| at what the scientist have found, what the prognosis is | | | | and not only at the symptoms. They are mainly |
| for RA and if there is a proper cure in sight. | | | | specialized in the latest and current medical care that is |
| What is rheumatoid arthritis according to the scientist? | | | | available for RA. They can help you with the latest |
| RA can be very painful and it can be disabling but | | | | treatments and the latest drugs. |
| what is causing it? According to arthritis research it is | | | | According to the latest arthritis research when your |
| an auto immune disease this means that the immune | | | | rheumatologist is asked for a prognosis for your |
| system attacks healthy tissue, in this case it attacks | | | | specific case of RA the first step he will take is to |
| the joints and causes inflammations in the joints and a | | | | follow the RA protocol ans start with the first step. |
| disease of the joints cartilage. | | | | Evaluating the pain level of the patient and alleviate the |
| Arthritis research shows that, just like with other auto | | | | pain as good as possible. Sometimes the help of |
| immune diseases, it occurs slightly more with women | | | | steroids are being set to work against the inflammation |
| than with men and that the disease often becomes | | | | to relief the pain and sometimes an non steroidal |
| chronic. Specific arthritis research shows that it is hard | | | | anti-inflammatory drug can help against the swellings |
| to determine a specific course of RA in general RA | | | | and pain from this disease. |
| affects the joints and the cartilage and because of this | | | | Arthritis research has lead into many different drug |
| the joints can become deformed when the disease | | | | protocols that your doctor can use to treat |
| progresses. The treatment until this moment has been | | | | Rheumatoid Arthritis, but it still has not lead to an actual |
| about slowing the process down and controlling the | | | | cure. Scientist have a difficult job just because RA can |
| symptoms. | | | | be so different form person to person. Doctors still |
| What can you expect when you get diagnosed with | | | | have an difficult job to find the right combination of |
| Rheumatoid Arthritis. | | | | drugs to relief the pain of their patients. |
| As with most auto immune diseases the arthritis | | | | So, even with all the arthritis research that has been |
| research shows that it is hard to line out a proper | | | | done there still is no cure insight and although there |
| prognosis, this disease has a different time table for | | | | have been some new drugs available they just treat |
| effery patient and when we look at RA the best thing | | | | the symptoms and not the actual disease. |
| is to look at it on a case by case situation. There are | | | | |