Search for: [Abstract = "Introduction\: Rheumatoid arthritis \(RA\) is a chronic autoimmune disease. Traditional symptoms of the disease include pain and edemas of symmetric joints of hands and feet accompanied by morning stiffness. Statistical data indicate that women are affected by this disease three times more frequently than men. The peak of incidence is in the fourth and fifth decade of life. RA is a progressive disease with periods of exacerbations and remissions. The period of disease exacerbation is related to the exclusion of the patient from everyday life. In this period, the joints are very painful, both during the movement and during the rest. Very strong pain limits the movement of the patient and is responsible for their poor condition. Most frequently, the joints are edematous, and the skin in the areas of the joints is slightly red, warm and it responds to touch with pain. The period of disease remission is hope for the improvement of health state of the patient, whereas the period of exacerbation and impairment of joints function causes the decrease of the mood, depressive state and other psychological conditions. The characteristic feature of the course of the RA is progressive joint destruction, and it can lead to profound disability. The diagnosis of RA is shocking for the patients and it can disturb the existing scheme of functioning and suppress the sense of safety, comprehensibilit"]

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