Rheumatoid Arthritis Bilateral Or Unilateral
Each person with ra is affected differently.
Rheumatoid arthritis bilateral or unilateral. Herein we report a case of rheumatoid arthritis with unilateral knee synovial hypertrophy in hemiplegia. Read more about common ra symptoms from webmd including pain stiffness fatigue weakness and more. Arthritis is an umbrella term used to describe inflammation of the joints. To the best of our knowledge this is the first case of unilateral rs3pe in a patient of rheumatoid arthritis while on drugs.
Although the disorder is usu ally idiopathic it can also be associated with ra and other systemic diseases. An autoimmune disorder rheumatoid arthritis occurs when your immune system mistakenly attacks your own body s tissues. If a right hemiplegic patient has recurrent pain on the left knee and synovial hypertrophy and fails to respond to treatment for osteoarthritis early detection by evaluation for rheumatic disease is crucial to prevent severe sequelae influencing rehabilitation of hemiplegia. Episcleritis is inflammation of the epis clera which lies just beneath tenon s capsule.
This case also adds to clinical aspect according to which rs3pe is considered as a distinct clinical entity than rheumatoid arthritis as rs3pe occurred in a patient regularly taking dmard. Often the patient first notices stiffness in one or more joints usually accompanied by pain on movement and by tenderness in the joint. The symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis can come and go. It is bilateral 40 of the time and man ifests with salmon pink eyes and mild pain.