Clinical NutritionRheumatoid Arthritis - A challenge for weight loss
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disorder of an unknown etiology characterized by swelling of three or more joints, involvement of small joints of hands and wrists, symmetry of joint involvement, and morning stiffness lasting for over an hour. It starts with involvement of fewer joints initially & later affects a greater number of joints. Advanced stages of the disease involve deformities such as deviated fingers, swan neck fingers, finger subluxation, hammertoes, flat feet, and fixed contractures of large joints.
