What are the causes of high blood sedimentation in rheumatoid arthritis?

Rheumatoid high blood sedimentation refers to rheumatoid arthritis high blood sedimentation, blood sedimentation and rheumatoid arthritis activity correlation, high blood sedimentation indicates that the disease is in the active period, suggesting that the disease is not stabilized. Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic systemic autoimmune disease mainly involving the joints, the exact cause of the disease is unknown, with autoimmune factors involved, but also other factors work together. It usually starts insidiously and is not easy to detect. Patients usually feel stiffness in the joints, generalized weakness, occasional low-grade fever, and pain and swelling in the joints in the early stages of the disease. In addition to the symptoms and lesions in the joints, there are symptoms outside the joints including pericardial effusion, myocarditis, lymphadenopathy, and vasculitis. When the disease is active, inflammation occurs in the body and the blood sedimentation is elevated, which may return to normal when the disease is in remission. If rheumatoid arthritis disease is diagnosed, it is recommended that standardized treatment be carried out as early as possible to reduce the adverse effects of the disease.