Rheumatoid Arthritis Inflammation Can Cause Cardiovascular Problems!

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Rheumatoid Arthritis may lead to cardiovascular problems...

The inflammation of rheumatoid arthritis can cause cardiovascular trouble.

by Claire Sykes
February 2014


For 30 years, Bill Clark enjoyed hiking Colorado’s high desert and skiing its Rockies. He mountain-biked and played a mean game of handball. Even with a bad back, hip and knees, he kept going.

“Then in 2008, I was bedridden with pain. My hands felt like they were trapped in a car door,” says the retired environmental scientist, who lives in Grand Junction. Now? His health has improved, but Clark has trouble opening a jar.

Joint Attack

Clark endured two decades of increasing pain and disability before learning he has rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Unlike the more common osteo�arthritis, in RA the immune system mistakenly attacks the body itself.

This creates inflammation that especially affects the joints and connective tissues. It is usually diagnosed in people between the ages of 30 and 60. Risk factors include smoking, obesity and toxin exposure.

Blood vessels can be affected by RA. This can lead to cardiovascular disease, especially among people with severe RA.

Women with the disorder who go through menopause before age 45 also appear to be at a greater risk of developing heart problems.

RA often attacks the hands and wrists, causing morning stiffness that can last for hours. Osteoarthritis may also attack these areas “but usually involves fewer joints, like the base of the thumb and the big toe,” says Sharon L. Kolasinski, MD, FACP, FACR, professor of medicine at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University in Camden, New Jersey.

“The biggest difference between the two types of arthritis is the noticeable swelling of multiple joints in RA. The rheumatoid type can come on abruptly, or develop gradually over weeks and months, becoming increasingly worse.”

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Some doctors need to go to jail for this RA is curable. RA is caused by a Mycoplasma spp that normally affects the lungs but moves through the blood steam and set up home in the joints. It can be easily cured by mincocycline part of the tetracycline family of drugs or many herbs that have a bacteria killing potential.