Rheumatoid arthritis

Japanese: rheumatoid arthritis(英語表記)rheumatoidarthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis

…Many are chronic, and the most common form is edema. Rheumatoid arthritis is a subtype of chronic rheumatoid arthritis. The cause of rheumatoid arthritis is unknown, but with the advancement of immunological research, it is now considered to be an autoimmune disease. …

From [Rheumatoid Arthritis]

…It is a rheumatic disease. It is also called rheumatoid arthritis or multiple rheumatoid arthritis because arthritis occurs in various joints and progresses to chronicity. In addition to the joints, which are the center of the musculoskeletal system, about 25% of patients also have rheumatic inflammation in tissues outside the joints, such as subcutaneous tissue, tendon sheaths, muscles, lungs, spleen, lymph nodes, heart, blood vessels, and eyes. …

From [Rheumatism]

…Therefore, many diseases with these symptoms, including collagen diseases, metabolic diseases, and infectious diseases, are included. It was not until the 16th century that rheumatoid arthritis (abbreviated as RA) was recorded as an independent disease. Currently, the only diseases that bear the name rheumatism are rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatic fever (abbreviated as RF), and polymyalgia rheumatica (abbreviated as PR). Of these, rheumatoid arthritis and rheumatic fever are commonly referred to as rheumatism, and the term often refers to the former in particular. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "rheumatoid arthritis" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…慢性のものが多く,その中でも水腫を形成するものが最も多い。 リウマチ性関節炎rheumatoid arthritisは慢性関節リウマチの一部分現象である。リウマチの病因は不明であるが,免疫学的研究の進歩とともに自己免疫疾患としてとらえられている。…

【関節リウマチ】より

…リウマチ性疾患の一つで,関節炎があちこちの関節におこり,進行して慢性化するため,慢性関節リウマチrheumatoid arthritis,または多発性関節リウマチとも呼ばれる。運動器の中心である関節のほか,約25%の患者には,皮下組織,腱鞘,筋肉,肺,脾臓,リンパ節,心臓,血管,眼など,関節外の組織にもリウマチ性の炎症がみられる。…

【リウマチ】より

…したがって,膠原(こうげん)病,代謝性疾患,感染症などで,このような症状をもつ多くの疾患が含まれることになる。独立した疾患として慢性関節リウマチrheumatoid arthritis(RAと略す)が記載されたのは16世紀になってからである。現在,リウマチという名をもっている単独疾患は,慢性関節リウマチのほか,リウマチ熱rheumatic fever(RFと略す)とリウマチ性多発筋肉痛polymyalgia rheumatica(PRと略す)で,このうち慢性関節リウマチとリウマチ熱が俗にリウマチといわれ,とくに前者をさしていうことが多い。…

※「rheumatoid arthritis」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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