Make Sure Your Kind of Rheumatic
There are many kind of rheumatic, rheumatic fever, rheumatic arthritis, rheumatic heart, uric acid or just feel of painful. To make sure the real diseases and the real causes, you must get many test like blood test and others. The rheumatoid factor test is primarily used to help diagnose of the kind of rheumatic to distinguished from other form of rheumatic diseases or other condition that cause similar symptoms of joint pain, inflamation, and stiffness. It may be ordered along with other autoimune related tests, such as ANA (antinuclear antibody) along with other marker of inflamation, such as CRP (C-reactive protein) and ESR (erythrocyte sedimentation rate), and along with a CBC (Complete Blood Count) to evaluate the body's blood cells.
The symptoms of rheumatic arthritis may include pain, warmth, swelling, and morning stiffness in the joints, nodules under the skin and if the disease has progressed evidence on X-rays of swollen joint capsules and loss of cartilage and bone. Rheumatic factor test may be repeated when the first test is negative and symptoms persist. The RF tet also be ordered when a patient has symptoms suggesting Sjogren's syndrome. Symptoms may also include an extremely dry mouth and eyes, dry skin, and joint and muscle pain. Patient with RA and/or sjogren's syndrome may also have other connective tissue disorders such as Raynoud's syndrome, scleroderma, autoimmune thyroid disorder, and systemic lupus erythematosis.
The symptoms of rheumatic arthritis may include pain, warmth, swelling, and morning stiffness in the joints, nodules under the skin and if the disease has progressed evidence on X-rays of swollen joint capsules and loss of cartilage and bone. Rheumatic factor test may be repeated when the first test is negative and symptoms persist. The RF tet also be ordered when a patient has symptoms suggesting Sjogren's syndrome. Symptoms may also include an extremely dry mouth and eyes, dry skin, and joint and muscle pain. Patient with RA and/or sjogren's syndrome may also have other connective tissue disorders such as Raynoud's syndrome, scleroderma, autoimmune thyroid disorder, and systemic lupus erythematosis.
