It’s another of the main types of arthritis. It’s a permanent disease that produces pain in the joints by inflammation of synovial membrane of any joint, which spreads around it, reaching even the bones. The most affected joints are those of the hands and feet, although also can present in wrists, knees, ankles or the neck, among other joints. From another point of view, it’s a disease where the organism only is destroyed, because the immunologic system attacks wrongly the synovial membranes that secrete the synovial liquid in the joints. Sometimes the bone can be destroyed. The rheumatoid arthritis produces ankylosis, inflammation, fatigue, anemia, weight loss, fever and frequently disabling pain.
The rheumatoid arthritis is the main disease of
joints
The rheumatoid arthritis presents in people older of 40 years and even children, being the most affected women in a proportion of 3 to 1, with respect to men. The main cause of rheumatoid arthritis is depression, stress, bad alimentation or a bacterian infection. The affected person by rheumatoid arthritis produces a similar sound to cellophane paper when it creases; on the other hand, the osteoarthritis is similar to strong impacts, cracks and creaks.
Also there is the Still’s disease, which affects
children younger than 16 years
Also it’s known the young rheumatoid arthritis, called Still’s disease, which is a type of rheumatoid arthritis or very rare appearance, which affects the joints of children younger than 16 years old. Although it can achieve to affect the skeletal development of the child, it has a high index of total recovery.