The cause of the disorder
Jasmine Ray
Westwood (MA)
Rough Draft

Rheumatoid Arthritis.
Rheumatoid arthritis is a long-term form of inflammatory arthritis of the joints in addition to surrounding tissues. This can also affect the organs. This is resulting in painful immobility, in the fingers, wrists, feet, and ankles. The immune system is designed towards protecting our well-being by attacking foreign cells like viruses and bacteria. Instead it attacks the body’s own tissues, a thin membrane that lines the joints. RA is a chronic disease meaning it can’t be cured. In some individuals the disorder is continuously active and gets worse over time. Others have long periods of remission.
The cause of the disorder
The cause of RA is still unknown. Infectious agents such as viruses, bacteria, and fungi have long been suspected, none has been proven as the cause. What happen is the white blood cells over react to stimuli inside the body. Instead of protecting the body like it normally do from disease or infection, the immune system attacks and destroys the body’s tissues that are healthy. This chronic inflammatory condition that also effects other tissue.
Autoimmune diseases often run in families many may develop different type of autoimmune disease. This genetic difference puts related family members at an increased risk for one or more autoimmune diseases. RA often improves during pregnancy. Certain proteins passed between the mother and unborn child may be responsible for the improvement. It may also change the mother’s immune system during the pregnancy in a way. Both genetics and environmental factors combined appear to be the main triggers of RA.
Identify signs and symptoms One of the early signs of arthritis is morning stiffness. You might only feel this after a extended period of time napping or sitting. You might find that you cannot move your arms, legs, or fingers as far wide as you should be able to. This condition can last from 30 minutes to two hours. You should also watch for puffiness on your hands, feet or wrists. This happens when fluid enters the joints, triggering them to swell and become tender and warm. In rheumatoid arthritis, this could occur if the joints have not been used for an hour or more.
Rheumatoid arthritis can affect numerous areas of the body. These effects can result from the general process of inflammation, leading to a wide variety of indications. The symptoms can come and go depending on the amount of the tissues inflammation. RA can be affected in different parts of the body. There are many different symptoms. Stiffness once the joints is harder to use and limited range of motion, Swelling when the fluids enters the joints and becomes puffy, Pain inflammation inside the joints makes it tender and sensitive, and redness and warmth the joints may become warmer and more red then parts of the body that is not affected. When you have symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis, early and aggressive treatment can help prevent further symptoms as well as stop progression of rheumatoid arthritis.

Early detection
There are four different onset of rheumatoid arthritis. Polymyalgia onset the patient is usually elderly and presents acutely with stiffness predominantly around the shoulders and pelvic girdle. Palindromic onset the patient experiences recurrent episodes of pain, swelling and redness affecting any one joint or several joints at a time, each lasting only a day or two. Symptoms may later become persistent. Systemic onset the first complaint is non-focal, such as weight loss, fatigue, depression, or fever, or relates to an extra-articular feature such as serositis or vasculitis. Articular manifestations may be absent to start with. Persistent monoarthritis onset the patient initially has persistent arthritis affecting a single large joint such as knee, shoulder, ankle or wrist. There is no way to prevent rheumatoid arthritis. However, smoking is a danger factor for rheumatoid arthritis. So this is one more reason not to smoke.
There are many complications with RA. Rheumatoid arthritis can affect the eyes any numerous ways. The eye become red and painful it can lead to vision loss. Lung problems is a process that affects the lining of the heart which will lead to pleuritic and fluid collection. With affecting the lungs it can lead to problems such as collapsed lung, coughing up blood and infection.
Treatments
There are many drugs used to treat rheumatoid arthritis have potentially serious side effects. Doctors typically prescribe medications with the fewest side effects first. You may need stronger drugs or a combination of drugs as your disease progresses. Your doctor may send you to a therapist who can teach you exercises to help keep your joints flexible. The therapist may also suggest new ways to do daily tasks, which will be easier on your joints. Surgery may help restore your ability to use your joint. With the surgery it will It reduce pain. While your immune system is designed to protect your body from invaders such as bacteria. When rheumatoid arthritis strikes which is an autoimmune diseases your body defense system turns on the body’s good joints. Causing lasting damage to good cells in your body. With this type of arthritis it comes a lot of compactions as well. Even though this affect numerous areas of the body parts they are ways to prevent. Increasing the focus on prevention in communities will help improve America's health, quality of life and prosperity.