Are these symptoms related? They could be signs that you have rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and fibromyalgia, two health problems that sometimes happen together. If you have one of them, you are more likely to have the other. Only about 2% of adult Americans have fibromyalgia. But it's more ...
Rheumatoid arthritisMMPI-2Personality dimensionsPsychopathologyThe fibromyalgia syndrome (FM) is a chronic widespread pain condition whose etiology remains unknown. Within a psychosocial approach to FM, personality may play a role as predisposing and/or maintaining factor. A meta-analytic study has ...
Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic autoimmune inflammatory disease affecting joints and more. Reviewed by a board-certified rheumatologist.
Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disorder that generally affects the joints of the hands and the feet. Understand this bad form of arthritis, the definition, and cause of rheumatoid arthritis, and examine the clinical signs, symptoms, diagnostics, and treatment of this autoimmune disease. ...
First Symptoms of Rheumatoid Arthritis RA is different for everyone, and how it first appears is equally unique. Still, there are some common early signs many people experience when developing rheumatoid arthritis, including the following: Fatigue: Persistent tiredness that doesn’t improve with rest...
Since Crohn's disease causes inflammation of the body, sufferers are at a greater risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis. In fact, 26 percent of people suffering from Crohn's disease also develop arthritis.
FibromyalgiaRheumatoid arthritisDrug therapyTo compare DMARD use in patients with and without FM over time, including overtreatment and undertreatment rates in both groups. A prospective cohort study with patients attending an RA outpatient clinic was conducted. Participants were consecutively recruited ...
Russell IJ, Vaeroy H, Javors M, Nyberg F (1992) Cerebrospinal fluid biogenic amine metabolites in fibromyalgia/fibrositis syndrome and rheumatoid arthritis. Arthr Rheum 35:550–556Russell IJ, Vaeroy H, Javors M, Nyberg F: Cerebrospinal fluid biogenic amine metabolites in fibromyalgia/fibrositis...
BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: Previous cross sectional studies have shown that rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients with fibromyalgia (FM) have higher disease activity, greater medical costs and worse quality of life compared to RA patients without FM. We determined the impact of FM on 2-year changes in ...
Osteoarthritis vs. rheumatoid arthritis in the hands Both OA and RA can cause hand symptoms, but they're different. RA in the hands is common and it's usually in both hands. It most often affects the wrists and the knuckles. In RA, swollen joints might make your fingers look like sausag...