The princeples of timely diagnosis of thyroid pathology in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and autoimmune thyroiditis

Abstract

Rheumatoid arthritis is a systemic autoimmune rheumatic disease
characterized by inflammation of the synovial membranes of the joints, progressive
destruction of cartilage and bone tissue, and a wide spectrum of non-joint organ
damage[8]. The social importance of RA is the early development of high-level
disability. AIT occurs in 2% of the working-age population and is more common
in women, leading the cluster of other co-occurring autoimmune diseases
(rheumatoid arthritis, type 1 diabetes, vitiligo, etc.). The problem of diagnosis of
RA and AIT in the world has not been fully resolved until now, and a number of
scientific researches are being carried out in order to practically study the specific
aspects of accurate diagnosis in its early period. In this regard, it is necessary to
evaluate the impact of both diseases on the main disease outcome based on the
identification of risk factors, clarify the changes of RA pathology according to the
age of the patients, the duration of the disease aсtivity, clinical course and the
effect of drug treatment, as a result of the development of these two diseases,
human functional limitations and low quality of life to the fact that it causes severe
disability, it is especially important to develop a proper rehabilitation strategy for
people suffering from a number of co-morbidities.