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Summary Rheumatoid Arthritis Cheat Sheet for Nursing
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Nursing care and summary of RA
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rheumatoid arthritis (RA)* chronic , systemic autoimmune disease
years of age
RA 30 and 50 cause is unknown : autoimmunity
*
usually peaks between
* estimated 300 000 Canadians affected genetic factors
* more common in women than men
etiology and pathophysiology
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Hr
attacks its joint
.
fibrin stage one : the
body mistakenly own
lymphocyte infiltrate tissue
inflamed synovium
soft swelling
tissue
stage two : the
body makes the antibodies and the joints
start
swelling up
fibrin
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vascular granulation
" tissue
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"
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bone
the fingers become crooked . These misshapen
pannus destroys cartilage
joints can press on the nerves and cause
at joint periphery
nerve pain as well .
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loss of bone
density stage four if
:
not treated the disease will progress to
)
.
cartilage
the last stage , in which there is no joint
joint
at all and the joint
* mi erosion of
edges remaining ,
is
essentially
Of bone fused .
. :*
.
due to inflammation and
thickening of synovium and
capsule
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