A CLINICAL GUIDE TO RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

CAMPLING, SINDY

A CLINICAL GUIDE TO RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS - 1ST - USA AMERICAN MEDICAL PUB 2022 - 233

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ORTHOPEADICS

SYNOVITIS: INFLAMMATION OF THE SYNOVIUM (THE TISSUE LINING THE JOINT CAPSULE), WHICH LEADS TO THE HALLMARK JOINT SWELLING, WARMTH, AND PAIN. RHEUMATOID FACTOR (RF): A COMMON AUTOANTIBODY USED IN SEROLOGICAL TESTING TO HELP CONFIRM AN RA DIAGNOSIS SYMMETRICAL POLYARTHRITIS: A DEFINING PHYSICAL PRESENTATION WHERE INFLAMMATION AND JOINT DAMAGE OCCUR PREDICTABLY ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BODY. MORNING STIFFNESS: JOINT STIFFNESS AND PAIN THAT PERSISTS FOR MORE THAN ONE HOUR AFTER WAKING UP OR FOLLOWING A PROLONGED PERIOD OF REST.

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