Definition Rheumatoid arthritis is the most common chronic inflammatory arthritis affecting roughly 1% of adults with a predilection for females. The disease is characterized by symmetrical polyarthropathy and significant systemic involvement. Signs and Symptoms of RA: Joint Involvement: hands, wrists, knees, temporomandibular joint, cervical spine (atlantoaxial subluxation, odontoid process may compress the spinal cord). Systemic […]