Another common feature: Patients with a number of autoimmune diseases, especially women, often suffer heart attacks and ...

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune condition. The UM Faculty Physicians team is dedicated to helping you ...

This presentation fits within a diagnostic territory of an autoimmune disorder, a systemic inflammatory disorder, malignancy, and an infection. Let's further examine the differential diagnosis.

Medically reviewed by David Ozeri, MD Key Takeaways More than 40% of people diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis actually have ...

Hydroxychloroquine, initially a malaria treatment, may help with autoimmune conditions like RA by modulating the immune system and reducing inflammation. RA symptoms may improve within 2 months of ...

In the Philippines, in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, there occurred a supply shortage of hydroxychloroquine and methotrexate. Limited access to medication and the life changes caused from ...

Cryotherapy, which involves exposing the body to freezing temperatures, may offer temporary relief from pain and swelling in joints affected by rheumatoid arthritis. The treatment might reduce ...

It’s not common, but some people with rheumatoid arthritis also develop other autoimmune conditions. These include inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which refers to conditions that involve long-term ...