Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a disease that leads to inflammation of the joints and surrounding tissues. It is a long-term disease. It can also affect other organs.
Causes
Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease. Normally, your immune system helps protect your body from infection and disease. In rheumatoid arthritis, your immune system attacks healthy tissue in your joints. It can also cause medical problems with your heart, lungs, nerves, eyes and skin.
Symptoms
Most of the time, RA effects joints on both sides of the body equally. Fingers, wrists, knees, feet, elbows, ankles, hips and shoulders are the most commonlt effected.
The disease often begins slowly. Early symptoms may include:
Minor joint pain
Stiffness
Fatigue
Joint symptoms may include:
Morning stiffness, which lasts more than 1 hour, is common.
Joints may feel warm, tneder, and stiff when not used for an hour.
Joint pain is often felt in the same jint on both sides of the body.
Joints are often swollen.
Over time, joints may lose their range of motion and may become deformed.
About 40% of people who have rheumatoid arthritis also experience signs and symptoms that don't invilve the joints. Areas that may be affected include:
Skin
Eyes
Lungs
Heart
Kidneys
Salivary Glands
Nerve Tissue
Bone Marrow
Blood Vessels
Treatments
Homeopathic medicine works on your immune system and helps the cells in your body which are working against your own body cells to regain its own natural course.
Eventually the body is able to rebuild its immune system and the symptoms happening due to rheumatoid arthritis also reduce over a period of time.
