Abstract

Introduction: Rheumatic diseases have been known since ancient times and are presumed to be as old as mankind, are very widespread and often chronic. Rheumatic diseases are classified into:

• Inflammatory rheumatism - rheumatoid arthritis (AR), rheumatic fever etc.

• Degenerative rheumatism - arthrosis of peripheral nodes and spinal cord.

• Extraarticular-periaricular rheumatism (about nodule) - bursitis, tendinitis, fasciitis.

Definition: AR is a chronic illness of unknown cause, which involves many oganic human systems. The characteristic of RA is the persistent sinovitis, which most often involves nodes peripheral (symmetrically). Inflammation causes stump destruction and erosion bone, which is also the main feature of the disease. The course of the disease is very variable: the sick may have light forms of oligoarthritis or severe progressive polyarthritis with major injuries. Epidemiology of AR suffers 1-3% of the population, while women are more affected than men.

Keywords: Rheumatoid arthritis, Oligoarthritis, Bursitis, Tendinitis, Fasciitis