does rheumatoid arthritis affect nerves?
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It is important to have nerve entrapment treated early for best results. A rare form of nerve disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis that causes numbness and/or tingling is neuropathy. Neuropathy is nerve damage that in people with rheumatoid arthritis can result from inflammation of blood vessels (vasculitis).
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The disease can occur in any joint in the body and is most commonly symptomatic in the small joints in the hands and feet. When rheumatoid arthritis affects the joints in the spine, it is far more common for the neck (cervical spine) to be affected than for the lower back.
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Rheumatoid vasculitis is a condition that causes inflammation of small or medium-sized blood vessels. It happens in some people who have had RA for a long time. It most often affects vessels of the skin, fingers and toes, nerves, eyes, and heart.
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Several different types of autoimmune diseases can produce symptoms of nerve pain and nerve damage. These include multiple sclerosis, Guillain-Barré syndrome, myasthenia gravis, lupus, and inflammatory bowel disease.
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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.
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Rheumatoid arthritis is not an isolated disease of the bones and joints. It affects tissues throughout the body, causing damage to the blood vessels, nerves, and tendons.
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Besides the joints, it affects many extra articular sites like heart, eye, lungs etc. Neurological complication is very rare in AS. Here we report a case of a 30 years old man of AS with peripheral neuropathy. Key Words: Ankylosing Spondylitis, Peripheral Neuroparhy.
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INTRODUCTION. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) affecting the cervical spine is well described in the literature but little attention has been paid to the less common rheumatoid involvement of the thoracic and lumbar regions (1-4). Generally, the thoracic and lumbar portions of the spine are usually spared in RA.
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Key points about rheumatoid arthritis RA is a long-term (chronic disease) that causes joint inflammation. RA can also affect many non-joint areas such as the lungs, heart, skin, nerves, muscles, blood vessels, and kidneys. RA may cause deformities in the joints of the finger, making movement difficult.
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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) causes pain and inflammation in the joints. When RA affects the jaw, it often causes tenderness, stiffness, and pain when chewing. In advanced stages, the joint may be painful and make noises when moving. Jaw involvement is common in people with RA whose disease is not well controlled.
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Arthritis also can cause swelling. It can pinch off nerves and cause numbness in your fingers. It's known as carpal tunnel syndrome.
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RA can affect the knuckles in the hands and similar joints in the feet, in particular. The number of joints RA affects varies, but it typically affects at least five joints at the same time. RA can worsen and affect more joints as time passes.
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It most often starts in the small joints of the hands and feet, and usually affects the same joints on both sides of the body. More than 90% of people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) develop symptoms in the foot and ankle over the course of the disease.
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Everyday life with rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatoid arthritis causes joint pain and swelling, reduced mobility and physical weakness. General tiredness, trouble sleeping and exhaustion are other common symptoms. All of these symptoms can greatly affect your everyday life and overall wellbeing.
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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA), an autoimmune inflammatory condition that causes pain, stiffness, and swelling, is most noted for its effects on the body's joints. But rheumatoid arthritis is also a systemic disease, meaning it can affect the whole body and lead to damage of major organs and even a shortened life span.
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A rare but serious complication of RA is inflammation of the blood vessels (rheumatoid vasculitis, or RA rash). Inflamed blood vessels weaken and expand or narrow, interfering with blood flow. This can lead to problems with the nerves, skin, heart, and brain.
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Rheumatoid arthritis is a disease of the immune system. This is the system that protects you from infection. RA may cause pain and stiffness in your shoulder where the humerus (the bone of the upper arm) meets the shoulder socket. It can also affect the joint where your clavicle meets your scapula.