Voorbeelden van rheumatoid arthritis

• Compared to patients with depression, rheumatoid arthritis and heart disease, the study participants were markedly impaired in both the physical and psychological domains.

• They then begin to inflame the body's own cells, causing diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and inflammatory bowel disease.

• Overall long-term impact of total hip and knee joint replacement surgery on patients with osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.

• All the evidence points to the need for early aggressive treatment of rheumatoid arthritis to ensure a good outcome.

• Alternatively, chronic illness may result in considerable pain, as in the case of rheumatoid arthritis or severe breathlessness, as in the case of respiratory illness.

• The list of disorders which can mimic rheumatic polyarthritis is very long and includes most prominently juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, post viral arthritis, and systemic lupus.

• Evening primrose oil in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and side-effects of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.

• In rheumatoid arthritis the disorder appears to be subclinical and is probably isolated from other peripheral or central nervous system damage.