RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

IT'S SERIOUS BUSINESS

• Knowing your symptoms
• How does it start
• Effects
• Why it hurts

SYMPTOMS SYMPTOMS SYMPTONS

• Fatigue, fever
• Energy loss
• Lack of appetite
• Red swollen and painful joints
• Aching muscles and joints, stiffness

WHAT CAUSES THIS MADNESS

• The cause is unknown
• However, certain genes have increased risk

CAUSE AND EFFECT

• Connective tissue damage

KNOWING WHAT YOU'RE UP AGAINST

• Rheumatology
• Misdirected immune system
• Inflammation, pain, and stiffness

TO WRAP IT ALL UP

• Rheumatoid arthritis affects 1.3million people in the US
• This disease is more common in women than men.
• It afflicts people of all races equally.
• It can begin at any age and even affects children.
• But it is most common in the 40-60 age group