Rheumatoid arthritis - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
2023年1月25日 · Early rheumatoid arthritis tends to affect your smaller joints first — particularly the joints that attach your fingers to your hands and your toes to your feet. As the disease progresses, symptoms often spread to the wrists, knees, ankles, elbows, hips and shoulders.
Effects of Rheumatoid Arthritis: Skeletal System, Immune, More - Healthline
2024年11月1日 · Rheumatoid arthritis mainly affects the joints but can cause other symptoms. Discover its effects on the skin, lungs, eyes, and more. View an infographic too.
Rheumatoid Arthritis: Causes, Symptoms, Treatments and More
2021年10月15日 · Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) causes joint inflammation and pain. It happens when the immune system doesn’t work properly and attacks the lining of the joints, called the synovium. The disease commonly affects the hands, knees or ankles, and usually the same joint on both sides of the body, such as both hands or both knees.
5 Joints Affected by Rheumatoid Arthritis - Everyday Health
2023年3月27日 · Rheumatoid arthritis affects everyone differently, but pain, inflammation, and stiffness often occur in several particular joints. Here’s what you can do to treat them.
How Rheumatoid Arthritis Affects More Than Joints
Learn more about how the inflammation associated with RA can impact organs and systems beyond the joints. Arthritis can cause painful, swollen knees or fingers that are impossible to ignore. But other parts of the body, including the skin, eyes and lungs can also be affected.
The Effects of Rheumatoid Arthritis on the Body - Verywell Health
2024年11月12日 · Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) can affect many different body systems, including joints such as the wrists, elbows, shoulders, and spine. It can cause myositis (muscle arthritis), joint inflammation, skin rashes, hair loss, and vision problems, as well as changes to the bones, muscles, skin, eyes, nerves, immune system, and more.
Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA): Symptoms, Stages & Treatment - Cleveland Clinic
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic (ongoing) autoimmune disease that causes pain, swelling and stiffness in the lining of your joints (synovium). It most commonly affects the joints in your fingers, hands, wrists, knees, ankles, feet and toes.
Rheumatoid Arthritis | Health Topics | NIAMS
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic (long-lasting) autoimmune disease that mostly affects joints. RA occurs when the immune system, which normally helps protect the body from infection and disease, attacks its own tissues. The disease causes …
Rheumatoid Arthritis Basics: Overview, Symptoms, and Causes
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic (long-lasting) disease that mostly affects joints, such as the wrist, hands, feet, spine, knees, and jaw. In joints, RA causes inflammation that leads to: Pain. Stiffness. Loss of function. Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disorder because the immune system attacks the healthy joint tissues.
Rheumatoid Arthritis: Symptoms, Causes, Treatment, and More - Healthline
2024年7月2日 · RA symptoms commonly affect joints in the hands, wrists, and knees but can also affect tissues and organs throughout the body, including the lungs, heart, and eyes. Symptoms can include...