High cholesterol, a warning sign of rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic arthritis disease often associated with blood cholesterol disorders. But cholesterol may be a sign of this disease.

To investigate this, a Dutch study followed for 15 years 1,078 people who often gave blood. Among these people, 79 people developed rheumatoid arthritis. Researchers compared their blood cholesterol levels before getting sick with people who didn't.

The researchers noted that those who were ' about to ' have rheumatoid arthritis had a slightly higher blood cholesterol ratio of 4% and especially a ' good ' cholesterol rate of less than 9%.

HDL cholesterol is known to have an anti-inflammatory role, so according to researchers, this abnormality can cause arthritis such as rheumatoid arthritis.

Therefore, treating high cholesterol with statine drugs may help reduce the risk of rheumatoid arthritis. If you have rheumatoid arthritis, you should monitor your cholesterol levels and take anti-cholesterol medications, thus avoiding cardiovascular complications.

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