RA PATIENT SIN REMISSION STILL HAVE DISEASE PROCESS

A pioneering study carried out among patients in remission from rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has determined that they display significantly higher temperatures than healthy individuals. The work, published in PLOSONE and undertaken by University of Malta and Staffordshire University, compares thermographic patterns of patients with rheumatoid arthritis in remission with healthy individuals.

 

Dr. Cynthia Formosa

 

Dr. Cynthia Formosa, Head of Podiatry at the University of Malta and Visiting Fellow at Staffordshire University added, "This paper has set out a baseline that demonstrates that even when there is no inflammation detected by conventional methods, the heat emitted over each foot joint is higher than that of healthy adults. "This is important because it implies that some underlying disease process and that thermography is sensitive enough to detect these changes."

 

Source: Medical Press [12/9/20]

Courtesy of Barry Block, editor of PM News