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What causes a Rheumatoid Arthritis fever?

April 26, 2017causes fever rheumatoid arthritis

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What causes a Rheumatoid Arthritis fever?

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• According to MedicineNet, “Fever: A mildly elevated temperature is not unusual in a person with active inflammation from rheumatoid arthritis.” • RA inflammation is related to cytokine activity. Fevers are related to cytokines, too. • Researchers believe that the typical fevers of systemic onset Juvenile RA are related to serum levels of “the proinflammatory cytokine” IL-6, according to the Journal of Rheumatology. • According to this exciting article from the University of Colorado Denver, it’s IL-1. They diluted a form of IL-1 a million times and it still triggered lymphocytes that cause fever. In 2009, as a result of his work on this project, Dr. Dinarello won the largest award in medicine or science in the United States.