Rheumatoid Arthritis: Neurological and Musculoskeletal Disorders

Neurological and Musculoskeletal Disorders- Scenario 3: Rheumatoid Arthritis
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Neurological and Musculoskeletal Disorders- Scenario 3: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis is an inflammatory condition when the immune response mistakenly attacks the joint tissues. The autoimmune and inflammatory disease is associated with swollen and painful joints, where there is also inflammation when the immune system attacks the synovial membrane. Women in the 40 to 60 age group are at high risk of rheumatoid arthritis, but the disease affects people of all ages. The patient is 48-year-old. Mohammed et al. (2020) reported that the risk of rheumatoid arthritis increases with age, and women are more likely to develop RA than men. Genetic predisposition exists as having a family member with rheumatoid arthritis or other autoimmune disorders is associated with a higher risk of rheumatoid arthritis, and her grandmothers had “crippling” arthritis.
In patients with rheumatoid arthritis, there is a pain in the joints, mainly hands, and feet with the symptoms common in the mornings. In rheumatoid arthritis, people experience joint movement, stiffness, swelling, weakness, pain, and numbness (Wilosn et al., 2017). In extreme cases, the fingers acquire deformities in rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatoid arthritis can begin at any time and is rela...