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Volume 8 Issue 1 (January, 2020)

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Anaemia in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Umaima Peshimam, Anannya Mukherjee

Background: Rheumatoid arthritis is a systemic inflammatory disorder with the potential to cause destructive joint disease, significant disability, and increase mortality. Hence; under the light of above mentioned data, the present study was undertaken for assessing the prevalence of anaemia among patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Materials & methods: 100 consecutive rheumatoid arthritis patients who presented in OPD or admitted in the medical ward of D.Y. Patil Hospital, Nerul, Navi Mumbai fitting the inclusion criteria during the entire duration of study Informed consent was taken from the patients who satisfy the inclusion criteria. An information sheet was given to all the participating patients. Blood investigations were carried out in all the patients and prevalence of anaemia was assessed. Results: Anaemia was found to be present in 65 percent of the patients. Leucocytosis and thrombocytosis were found to be present in 19 percent and 31 percent of the patients respectively. Raised ESR and raised CRP were found to be present in 92 and 93 percent of the patients. Anti-CPP was found to be present in 100 percent of the patients. Conclusion: Anaemia, thrombocytosis and extrarticular manifestations are common. Key words: Anaemia, Rheumatoid arthritis

 
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