Dr. Ayman Nashashibi

Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) - Dr. Ayman Nashashibi Introduction Dr. Ayman Nashashibi - Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a long term autoimmune and inflammatory disease that causes stiffness and swelling of the joints around the body, but normally affects the wrist, hands, and feet. The manifestation of the disease occurs when the patient’s immune system attacks healthy cells. This causes inflammation of the organ(s) that leads to pains. However, the affect isn’t mainly affecting the joints. RA can also spread to affect tissues such as the heart and lungs In joints, RA mainly attacks many joints at the same time, where the lining of the joint becomes inflamed, causing long-term damage to joint tissue, leading to chronic pain, and deformity. Commonly affected joints are: ·          Hands ·          Wrists ·       ...