Question by Tasha Marie: I have a rheumatoid factor of 8.9, and he told me 11 is positive?
I am 20 years old and the dr says I have signs of an inflammatory illness in my blood test results. What could this mean? My mother has rheumatoid arthritis, if family history means anything. I have had severe joint and muscle pain over the last couple months?

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It must mean something, I assume. I also have joint pain and strange muscular sensations, but no one has been able to figure out the problem. Has anyone with similar symptoms/test results received a diagnosis?

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Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic irritation of the joints. Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks normal tissues as if they were invade antibodies. Rheumatoid arthritis also causes irritation of the tissues around the joints and other organs of the body. The hands and feet are the most affected areas of rheumatoid arthritis though it can also affect any joint lined by a membrane.

The type of arthritis and intensity of the condition settle on the course of treatment. There is no cure for arthritis, but there are customary and alternative treatments that can bring arthritis pain relief. Prescription and over-the-counter medications are popular for treating arthritis pain. Acetaminophen is often recommended for osteoarthritis patients with little or mild irritation, while aspirin and other no steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as ibuprofen work best for patients with inflammatory rheumatoid arthritis.

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• Contains purified type ll chicken collagen
• Appropriate arthritis sufferers
• Non-toxic and no side effects
• Can be used alongside other therapies

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Rheumatoid arthritis is an auto-immune disease for which there is no cure. In the lab where I work, we do “rheumatoid factor titers.” We goggled RA titers and found that the severity of the disease is tied to the titer (higher titer, greater severity). If you treat the symptoms, and the severity of the symptoms decreases, will there be a decrease in the RA titer, or will this remain the same, as you’re not curing the disease, but remedying the symptoms?

Rheumatoid Arthritis can commence at any age but generally begins between the ages of 20 and 45. This article examines some of its symptoms and causes.

The symptoms and signs: Joint stiffness, particularly in the hands and feet, in the mornings when getting up from bed. A telling sign can be that the stiffness is experienced in either both hands or both feet – not just one. Stiffness that lasts for over an hour, or pain and swelling that persists for more than a month or so may also be indicative of rheumatoid arthritis.

Early symptoms may also include fever, excessive tiredness or nodules under the skin – these feel like pea-size lumps. Other possible symptoms are anemia, fluid collecting on the ankles or behind the knee and loss of appetite. In children, a pink rash may follow the characteristic swollen joints and there may be shaking chills.

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