Smokers confused
Why smokers easy to get rheumatoid arthritis?
Smoking did easy to cause rheumatoid arthritis. According to a new study from foreign experts showed that male smokers will increase the risk of rheumatoid arthritis doubled.
The United States Stanford University made research on 1,095 people who previously diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis in Finland and 1,530 healthy patients. Compared with non-smoker, the results showed that the history of male smokers risk of the disease will be doubled of the men who had never smoked in past years.
Scientists found that only those men who have positive rheumatoid factor will be in the above-mentioned correlation. Rheumatoid factor present in the blood of patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Researchers say previous studies have shown that smoking will promote the formation of such antibodies.
Rheumatoid arthritis is different from the more common osteoarthritis, osteoarthritis is due to joints’ age increased that caused increased wear. But the cause of rheumatoid arthritis is the body’s immune system make mistakes and the mucosa of the articular was attacked, then resulting in arthritis disease, stiffness and deformity . At the same time, it will also affect body’s other organs, particularly the heart.
Clearly, smoking is the main cause for series diseases. Hope that you can quit smoking as soon as possible, make yourself get more health step by step.