Is Rheumatoid Arthritis a genetic condition?

There seems to be a genetic component involved in RA if any of your parents brothers or sisters have the disease you are far more likely to fall prey to it.

There seems to be a definite genetic link with sufferers of RA being more likely to have children with the same problem. Yes your chances of having it is considerably greater if one or both of your...

RA is caused by antibody's of the immune system getting it wrong. everything that goes wrong and for that mater right is as a result of genetic mutation.

The exact cause for Rheumatoid arthritis is not known Nor has a cure for it been developed. However there does seem to be a definit genetic connection with this disease.

rheumatoidresembling rheumatism. arthritis [ahr-thri´tis] (pl. arthri´tides) inflammation of a joint. adj., adj arthrit´ic. The term is often used by the public to indicate any disease involving...