Rheumatoid arthritis. Perhaps you find the cause

Rheumatoid arthritis is a nasty inflammatory disease which affects different people in Italy and worldwide. It affects the elderly, with age but more often it is found even in young subjects. Especially affects the joints, causing swelling and burning and sometimes deforming the fingers, wrists or ankles. In some versions can also attack the skin, eyes or blood vessels.

The causes are uncertain, not yet clearly identified. Or at least it was until today. In fact comes the news that Italy could bring hope and relief to many sufferers of rheumatoid arthritis, to be exact and the Catholic University of Rome and by Professor Gianfranco Ferraccioli that identified which are the cells that suddenly go crazy, giving the way for this disease.

These are the B lymphocytes have already caused serious diseases such as leukemia and therefore have long followed and observed their behavior. Continue the study of these cells and compare the evolution of the two types of disease will help to find ways to better deal and perhaps to understand the cause of arthritis and therefore the likelihood of a remedy.