Rheumatoid Arthritis Awareness Day 2023: Rheumatoid arthritis is a disease in which there is immense pain in the joints. Rheumatoid arthritis is a different disease than normal arthritis. In this, some other organs or the whole body can also be affected along with the joints. Due to this disease, there is a lot of pain near the joint of hands and feet and any other part of the body. At the same time, symptoms of muscle weakness and fever can also be seen. Every year on February 2, Rheumatoid Awareness Day is celebrated for this disease.

What is rheumatoid arthritis disease
Center for Disease Control and Prevention According to the website of Rheumatoid Arthritis, it is a type of autoimmune disease and inflammatory disease. This means that the patient’s immune system starts attacking healthy cells by mistake. Due to this, swelling starts in the cushion made near the joints and because of this, there is immense pain. Along with joints, it starts attacking other places as well. Rheumatoid Arthritis usually affects the joints of the hands, feet, wrists and knees. Due to inflammation, tissue damage of the joint starts. Due to this the disease starts becoming chronic. And deformity starts coming in the bones.

What are the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis

• Pain in more than one joint.
• Stiffness in more than one joint.
• Swelling and stiffness in more than one joint.
• Just as there is pain on one side of the body, similarly there should be pain on the other side of the body.
• Weight loss
• fever.
• Fatigue and fainting.
• weakness.

who is more at risk

• Women are more prone to rheumatoid arthritis than men.
• Those who have this disease in their family, there is a high risk of rheumatoid arthritis in their generation.
• Higher risk in smokers.
• Higher risk in women who have not given birth to a child.
• Higher risk of rheumatoid arthritis in obese people.

what is the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis
The treatment of rheumatoid arthritis depends on the symptoms of the patient. The one who has not taken treatment for many days, he may have problems. Although there is a cure for this. Experts do the right treatment after examination. Patients in whom the disease has progressed a lot, they are first given medicine to reduce the speed of the disease.

How to avoid rheumatoid arthritis

• Women who feed milk to children have less risk of this disease.
• Being physically active reduces the risk of disease.
• There is self management education class for joint. The people participating in this are given tips to protect them from rheumatoid arthritis.
• Smoking makes rheumatoid arthritis worse. That’s why smoking should be quit in any case.
• This disease can also be avoided by controlling the weight.
• At the same time, going in the sunlight is also a way to avoid this disease.

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