Assertion: rheumatoid arthritis's system | /r/CapableOf | attack joint
Facets:
value: in rheumatoid arthritis
type: LOCATION
value: by mistake
type: MANNER
value: around the joints in the body
type: LOCATION
value: with ra
type: OTHER
value: mistakenly
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: This means you have the antibodies that cause your immune system to attack joints.
text: Rheumatoid arthritis is a disorder where a person’s immune system attacks their joints, causing them to become inflamed.
text: In rheumatoid arthritis, an overactive immune system targets joints and other areas of the body.
text: In rheumatoid arthritis, the immune system attacks joints and other parts of the body, producing symptoms that often involve pain, fatigue, and warm, swollen, inflamed-looking joints.
text: At this point, scientists don’t know what makes the immune system start attacking healthy cells, tissues, and joints.
text: The underlying mechanism involves the body's immune system attacking the joints.
text: In people who have rheumatoid arthritis, something—possibly infections, cigarette smoking, and physical or emotional stress, among other causes—triggers the immune system to attack the joints (and sometimes other organs).
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: The underlying mechanism involves the body's immune system attacking the joints.
text: DMARDs work by blocking the effects of the chemicals released when the immune system attacks the joints, which could otherwise cause further damage to nearby bones, tendons, ligaments and cartilage.
text: When a person has RA, their immune system attacks the joints and the tissues around the joints in the body.
text: (RA) RA is an autoimmune disease that causes the immune system to attack the joints.
text: The Arthritis Foundation defines rheumatoid arthritis (RA) as a joint disease caused by the immune system attacking the joints.
text: With RA, an overactive immune system attacks the joints and causes pain, swelling, and stiffness.
text: Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease that causes a person’s immune system to attack their joints by mistake.