The sCD13 protein has been previously identified by a rheumatology research team at the University of Michigan as a powerful inducer of inflammation in multiple autoimmune disorders, such as rheumatoid arthritis and systemic sclerosis.
Natural treatments for ankylosing spondylitis (AS), a type of inflammatory arthritis, can help you to deal with pain and stiffness in the spine and other joints. Exercise, nutrition, and smoking cessation are steps you can take to improve fatigue and other symptoms. About 40% of people with AS report using one or more complementary strategies.
Patients with osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis who report social isolation are at an elevated risk for mortality, compared with individuals who are not socially isolated, according to data published in Science Reports.
Neck pain can be one of the effects of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In the highest risk group (male sex, positive rheumatoid factor, longstanding and erosive joint disease), up to 80% of individuals will have involvement of the cervical spine joints (vertebra in the neck).
“This is a never-ending cycle,” Cassandra Calabrese, DO, of the department of rheumatologic and immunologic disease at Cleveland Clinic, told attendees during a presentation that featured information on the prevention and management of hepatitis, HIV, tuberculosis, pneumonia, herpes zoster and COVID-19.
