Will your rheumatoid arthritis ever get better?

Answer 1

I Have had Rheumatoid arthritis all of my life and have had some trouble with it since I was about 8 now at 60 I am under the treatment of a specialist to keep it under control however during my life I have had periods of extreme pain and the times when I had no problems at all, so you can say that it comes and goes. The great thing is that these days things can be kept under much better control. It will never leave the system completely unless someone comes up with a cure. although in some cases, it can go into remission.

Answer 2

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We are unsure of the exact mechanisms that brings about RA . and there is at present no cure for it. However researchers feel these factors are involved.

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disorder. That is A disorder where the immune system of the body mistakenly destroys the bodies own tissue. In the case of RA, joints and other tissues of the body are attacked by the immune system. Chemicals called cytokines are used by the immune system cells to communicate. It is thought that people with RA have too much of certain types of cytokines, including interleukin (IL) and tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α), which may be sending the messages that cause the joints to be attacked. There is a greater risk of having RA if there is a member of the family with the disease or if you are female. Some family's are genetically predisposed to RA making them more prone to the disease. Biological factors such as hormone changes, or factors such as an infection, are believed to trigger the immune system to attack the joints in people prone to RA. Treatments are available that limit the damage done by the disease. and there is always the chance that it will go into remission.

Answer 3

The disease RA stays with you, However The nasty symptoms that come with it and cause the inflammation and pain can come and go. A person may have a terrible flare up of RA and then for no known reason not have any trouble with it for years. this is referred to as the disease going into remission, In the meantime all one can do is try to keep it under control so that it doesn't do to much damage to your joints and other parts of the body.In the latest stages of RA there is a point called burn out. This is the point where the damage has reached a point that there is nothing left for the disease to work on and the pain stops. However this is like being on the loosing side of a war where your infrastructure has just been nucked.

Answer 4

The treatment of RA is still in a bit if a situation where it is a mater of hit and miss While many thing can be done to limit its effect there is still not enough control over it to either cure it or deliberately make it go into remission.