Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease that causes your body to attack your joints, tendons, ligaments and muscles. As a result, the tissues surrounding those areas of your body become inflamed. Along with i...
The term arthritis indicates a rheumatic disease that affects joints, the tissues which surround the joint, and other connective tissue. The word arthritis means joint inflammation, and is used to define over 100 rheu...