Assertion: rheumatoid arthritis's system | /r/Causes | pain
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text: Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disorder in which the immune system mistakenly inhibits healthy joint tissue, causing inflammation, pain, and swelling.
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: However in the case of rheumatoid arthritis, your immune system mistakenly attacks healthy tissue in and around your joints causing ongoing inflammation and pain.
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.