Mutual antagonism of rheumatoid arthritis and hay fever; a role for type 1/type 2 T cell balance
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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and hay fever may represent opposite extremes of T- cell activity, and modulation of immune responses may have a place in RA treatment strategies. Researchers performed immunological tests on 643 clinic patients, 12 of whom had hay fever. The rate of hay fever was 4% among RA patients and 8% among those without RA. RA patients with hay fever had less severe arthritis symptoms and increased T2 cell activity, indicating a potentially protective immunological state.
Publication Name: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0003-4967
Year: 1998
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Day and night pain measurement in rheumatoid arthritis
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Testing rheumatoid arthritis patients for pain during the night as well as the day may indicate the severity of their disease. Researchers used a 10 centimeter visual analogue scale (VAS) to identify pain at night as well as during movement and at rest during the day in 252 rheumatoid arthritis patients. Twenty-eight percent had night pain which was typically not as bad as pain during the day. However, those with night pain were more likely to have swollen and tender joints.
Publication Name: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0003-4967
Year: 1998
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