Does rheumatism cause fever?

Rheumatic disease causes fever.

Rheumatic diseases are usually associated with abnormalities in the immune system. When the immune system mistakenly attacks the tissues, it triggers an inflammatory response, which can lead to an increase in body temperature and fever. For example, rheumatoid arthritis, an abnormal immune response in the body can cause inflammation of the joints and the whole body, which can cause fever. Rheumatic disease is more active during the active period, and inflammatory indicators are often elevated, which can also cause fever. In addition, rheumatic disease patients due to autoimmune disorders, may be more prone to infection. Infection is also one of the common causes of fever. Patients themselves weak resistance, once complicated infection, fever may persist or repeat.

Therefore, rheumatism is likely to cause fever, for rheumatic patients with fever, need to carefully evaluate and identify, clear is the disease itself caused by or combined with other factors such as infection, in order to take targeted treatment measures to improve the patient's symptoms and prognosis. At the same time, patients should pay close attention to their own disease changes, such as abnormal timely medical treatment.