What are the causes of high rheumatism factors?

There are many reasons for high rheumatoid factor, including various autoimmune diseases and various infectious diseases, or some other systemic diseases. Moreover, in some normal healthy people, there are also very few patients who will show mild increases in rheumatoid factor, so there is no need to panic. As long as follow-up can be adhered to, there is no need to over-treat. And infectious factors that can cause high rheumatoid factor include tuberculosis infection, bacterial endocarditis, etc. Autoimmune diseases include rheumatoid arthritis, Sjogren's syndrome, systemic lupus erythematosus, etc. Moreover, patients with Sjogren's syndrome often show high and low levels of rheumatoid factor. Clinically, it must be judged according to the patient's symptoms and auxiliary examinations.