Assertion: rheumatoid arthritis's system | /r/Causes | swelling
Facets:
value: in the joints
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: What it is: RA happens when the immune system attacks your own tissues and causes joint pain, swelling, and stiffness.
text: Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disorder in which the immune system mistakenly inhibits healthy joint tissue, causing inflammation, pain, and swelling.
text: The immune system attacks the lining of the joints, causing swelling.
text: It’s an autoimmune disease: The body’s immune system mistakenly attacks the joints, causing inflammation, joint pain and swelling, the American College of Rheumatology explains.
text: Rheumatoid arthritis can affect people of any age including very young children and it is a condition where the immune system which usually protects us from infections, starts to attack the joints causing pain, stiffness and swelling.
text: In RA, the immune system attacks joint tissues, causing chronic inflammation, swelling, and pain in the joints.
text: Both are autoimmune conditions in which the immune system attacks the joints, causing pain, swelling, and stiffness.
text: RA occurs when your immune system, which normally defends the body from invading organisms, mistakenly attacks the lining of your joints, causing pain, swelling, warmth, redness, stiffness, and loss of function in the joints, all of which can eventually result in joint deformity (Online Table 2).Although
text: With RA, an overactive immune system attacks the joints and causes pain, swelling, and stiffness.