Original Research Article
Year: 2021 | Month: March | Volume: 8 | Issue: 3 | Pages: 362-365
Prevalence of Anaemia in Patients of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Kishor Pandurang Kadu1, Shubham K. Kadu2, Sharayu Ashok Bhore3
1,2,3Consultant, Epione Hospital, Amravati.
Corresponding Author: Shubham K. Kadu
ABSTRACT
Introduction and background: Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory systemic disease of unknown aetiology. It exhibits variety of extra-articular manifestations like subcutaneous nodules, fatigue, pericarditis, peripheral neuropathy, pulmonary involvement, vasculitis and anaemia. Anaemia in rheumatoid arthritis is very common and has got multifactorial aetiology. We studied the prevalence, type of anaemia and its correlation with disease activity in Amravati (Maharashtra State, India).
Aims: To diagnose the type of anaemia in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and to correlate the anaemia with disease activity of rheumatoid arthritis.
Materials and method: 60 patients with rheumatoid arthritis were studied and the anaemic patients were evaluated for the type of anaemia.
Results: Out of 60 patients, 30% were males (18) and 70% were females (42). 36 patients (60%) out of 60 patients had anaemia. 16 patients (44.4%) were having iron deficiency anaemia and 20 patients (55.5%) had anaemia of chronic disease.
Conclusion: Anaemia is a common extra-articular manifestation of rheumatoid arthritis and anaemia of chronic disease was the common type of anaemia found in these patients.
Keywords: rheumatoid arthritis, anaemia, serum ferritin.
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