Rheumatoid arthritis

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Asked for Female, 37 Years

I m suffering from rheumatoid from 7 years... someone told me its due to bacterial infection...how can i get tested for dat infection?

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Dr. Manisha Chatterjee

General Physician 10 yrs exp Kolkata

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Its an autoimmune disease,not due to infection

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Dr. Rajiv Ranjan Kumar

Rheumatologist 15 yrs exp Gurgaon

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Consult a Rheumatologist for better management and care of your disease. Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic autoimmune disease which causes pain and swelling in your multiple joints specially small joints of hands. If left untreated then can cause damage to joints then deformities and further damage to any organ.

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Pullela Lakshminarayana

General Physician 44 yrs exp Guntur

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Rheumatoid arthritis is autoimmune disease. Testing blood for Rh factor will confirm the disease.

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If confirmed medication with steroids will give relief. Best way is to consult rheumatologist as the treatment is prolonged.

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Medication to be taken under medical supervision.

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Dr. Anshul Mahajan

Psychiatrist 14 yrs exp Ludhiana

Signs and symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis may include: Tender, warm, swollen joints. Joint stiffness that is usually worse in the mornings and after inactivity. Fatigue, fever and loss of appetite.

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Dr. Dhananjay Sharma

General Physician 33 yrs exp Aligarh

Test rheumatid factor its an autoimmune disorder lifelong treatment and follow up required to prevent or minimise deformities and co morbidities.

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consult a rheumatologist and also follow up with him if you feel comforted and satisfied.

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Dr. Soudip Saha

General Physician 5 yrs exp South 24 Parganas

Rheumatoid arthritis is a autoimmune disease. You have to test RA factor

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Dr. Narmada Bhargavi

General Physician 3 yrs exp Chennai

It is an autoimmune condition... Initially u might have got the bacterial infection...but ur immune system would have misinterpreted ur own joints as foreign bacteria and targets ur own body....

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Dr. Dharmendra Singh

General Physician 17 yrs exp Indore

Test RA factor

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