Rheumatism

Of autoimmune disease, virus and arthritis.   May also be referred to as atrophic arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.

A chronic autoimmune disease with inflammation of the joints and marked deformities; something (possibly a virus) triggers an attack on the synovium by the immune system, which releases cytokines that stimulate an inflammatory reaction that can lead to the destruction of all components of the joint.

This concept's ID is @1~71443