2023年9月6日 · Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease that causes joint inflammation, pain, and stiffness. There are several treatment options to control inflammation, …

Having rheumatoid arthritis increases your risk of developing osteoporosis, particularly if you take corticosteroids. Osteoporosis is a bone disease that causes the bones to weaken and easily …

Rheumatoid arthritis is more common among women than men. About two to three times as many women as men have the disease. Researchers think that reproductive and hormonal factors …

The emotions you may feel because of RA – fear, anger, and frustration, along with any pain, physical limitations, and the unpredictable nature of flares – can increase your stress level. …

Normally, the immune system helps protect the body from infection and disease. RA may cause you to feel unusually tired, to have occasional fevers, and to have a loss of appetite. It also …

Pitted fingernails and dactylitis (swollen fingers or toes) are also signs of the disease. Systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Systemic means the disease can affect the whole body, not just a …

2025年1月8日 · NIAMS medical experts in the fields of autoimmunity and rheumatologic diseases also conduct research focused on the evaluation, diagnosis, standard of care, and disease …

The cause of lupus is unknown, and researchers are still trying to learn what may trigger or lead to the disease. Doctors know that it is a complex autoimmune disease in which the body’s …

2024年9月4日 · “As we’re thinking about ways to disrupt the generation or the function of these disease-causing T cells with B cell helper functions, one idea that emerges is that we can turn …

2024年1月18日 · Dr. Plotz was a world-renowned rheumatologist, immunologist, and researcher known internationally as an expert in myositis, an inflammatory muscle disease and rare …