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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic chronic inflammatory illness of unknown cause characterized by progressive and destructive polyarthritis and associated serological evidence of unique autoreactivity. Arthritis is the medical term for joint pain in any location or joint. Chronic pain and joint deterioration may be symptoms, typically starting in the furthest joints and working their way closer to the body. Although medical treatment can delay the disease's progression, it nevertheless ranks among the leading causes of incapacity and impairment if left untreated.For best treatment visit

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History

From a historical perspective, rheumatoid arthritis can be traced back to circa 1500 BC, when the condition was documented in the Ebers Papyrus Allies with other chronic disorders. It has been suggested that mothers from various periods exhibit deformities that are pathognomonic of arthritis; however, it wasn't until the latter part of the 1800s that Garrod gave this chronic condition its current name, rheumatoid arthritis replacing terms like arthritis deformans and rheumatic gout. Damage to the bone and cartilage results from RA's regular, progressive course, first noted by Thomas Sydenham and then by Beauvais.

Epidemiology

As a disease, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is prevalent everywhere. Its prevalence does not appear to differ significantly between the groups tested, and no reports have surfaced of regions or ethnic groupings where the disease is not seen. There are about 40 new cases of RA for every 100,000 people each year, and women are two to three times more likely to be diagnosed than men, as reported in the most recent review. The lifetime risk of developing RA in adulthood is 3.6% (1 in 28) for women and 1.7% (1 in 59) for men.

Pathogenesis

As a disease, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is prevalent everywhere. Its prevalence does not appear to differ significantly between the groups tested, and no reports have surfaced of regions or ethnic groupings where the disease is not seen. There are about 40 new cases of RA for every 100,000 people each year, and women are two to three times more likely to be diagnosed than men, as reported in the most recent review. The lifetime risk of developing RA in adulthood is 3.6% (1 in 28) for women and 1.7% (1 in 59) for men.

 

Classification criteria and clinical manifestations

Established RA was distinguished from other rheumatic diseases by the classification criteria set for RA by the American College of Rheumatology in 1987. Bone destruction and radiographic progression can be halted with the help of disease-modifying medicines, which is why the ACR/EULAR recommended updated criteria in 2010. The most typical clinical appearance of RA is a gradual start of polyarthritis characterized by symmetrical, intermittent, and migratory joint involvement (particularly in the hands and feet). The clinical relevance of foot involvement led to its inclusion in the EULAR/ACR 2010 classification, even though foot involvement was not part of the activity indexes. Inflammation of small and big joints is a common sign of RA, as is morning stiffness. At the same time that the modern classification criteria are increasing the risk of false-positive diagnostics among patients with auto-limiting undifferentiated arthritis, they are altering the clinical picture of the disease by increasing the prevalence of seronegative mono- and oligoarthritis as an early clinical manifestation. Although the ACR/EULAR 2010 criteria for synovitis only need the presence of synovitis in one joint, the diagnosis technique is left to the clinician's discretion. According to the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR), recommendations for imaging in rheumatoid arthritis, conventional radiography, ultrasound, or MRI can be used to increase the certainty of a diagnosis of RA beyond clinical criteria alone, and MRI and ultrasound can be used to predict the progression from undifferentiated inflammatory to clinical RA. Because ultrasound and MRI are superior to all the clinical examinations compiled in detecting joint inflammation, these techniques should be considered for a more accurate assessment of inflammation.

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