ACADEMICIA: An International Multidisciplinary Research Journal
  • Year: 2020
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 5

Risk factors of kidney damage at patients with rheumatoid arthritis

1Department of Rheumatology of Republican, Specialized Scientific and Practical Center, Therapies and Medical Rehabilitation, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

2Bukhara State Medical Institute, Bukhara, Uzbekistan

* Email id: naimova-90@mail.ru

Online published on 30 June, 2020.

Abstract

The article presents the materials of kidney damage in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The most common cause of kidney damage among inflammatory joint diseases is rheumatoid arthritis, which increases the rate of occurrence of the kidney pathological process with an increase in the duration of the disease. Risk factors for kidney damage in rheumatoid arthritis are older patients with high activity, a disease duration of more than 5 years, a late clinical stage, and the seropositive type of RA. The basis of the work was the results of a comprehensive clinical, instrumental and laboratory examination of 60 patients with RA.

Keywords

Rheumatoid Arthritis, Inflammation, Kidney Damage, Microalbuminuria, Proteinuria, Glomerular Filtration Rate