Painful feet in rheumatoid arthritis

摘要: Pain in the feet is an important diagnostic feature and a major management problem of rheumatoid arthritis. Of 50 hospitalized patients, 28% recalled painful as sole presenting symptom their disease.RHEUMATOID DISEASE COMMONLY AFFECTS THE FEET: 90% patients studied complained foot pain at some time during course disease, 86% had clinical involvement 92% radiological changes feet.The forefoot most frequently involved. Midfoot was noted 68% but symptomatic only 22%. Changes ankle were least common always symptomatic.