How to recognize Rheumatoid Arthritis – Rheumatoid Arthritis Symptoms USMLE 1

Joint pain, caused by a rheumatoid Arthritis is basically pain, caused by an autoimmune disease. In rheumatoid Arthritis, our own immune system attacks our own joints. And it does that in a particular way. Unlike psoriatic Arthritis, rheumatoid Arthritis attacks all the metacarpal phalangeal joints equally and it also attacks the proximal interphalangeal joints equally. We refer to that as a symmetric inflammation, caused by a rheumatoid Arthritis. Rheumatoid Arthritis can also cause nodules to appear in those joints, and these nodules can also appear on different places in the human body, such as the elbow. Alright now try to recall the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis