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Summary: Rheumatoid arthritis is an inflammation of a joint, and it can affect any joint in the body, including finger joints, knee joints, hip joints and ankle joints. Learn about the three stages of rheumatoid arthritis with help from a holistic doctor in this free video on rheumatoid arthritis.
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"Rheumatoid arthritis is an inflammation of the joint themselves. It can affect finger joints, it can affect knee joints, hip joints, ankle joints, any jointed part of your body. There are three stages. First, there is inflammation of the joint, it'll become red and swollen, and very painful. The second stage is there can be an enlargement of the joint due to the synovium which is part of the joint getting larger and multiplying in cells. The third stage is a chronic end of the disease and the joint begins to break down in a can chain shape. Rheumatoid arthritis affects approximately 2 million Americans in the United States. They highly, the medical community highly recommends early detection and treatment of this because when you have rheumatoid arthritis in a chronic stage, there is loss of strength, loss of range of motion, loss of function, decreased stability to work and potential risk of surgery."
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