Hemosorption treatment of rheumatoid arthritis patients

Hemosorption as a component of complex therapy was included in the treatment of 47 patients with reliable rheumatoid arthritis. Women predominated among the patients (35 out of 47). The patients were aged from 23 to 60 years (under 40 years - 19, over 40 - 28). Seventeen people had been ill for 1 to 5 years, 24 for 6 to 10 years, and 6 for 11 to 15 years. The disease progressed rapidly in 1 of the patients and slowly in 36 of them. Grade II process activity was found in 34 patients, and grade III - in 13 patients. Radiological stage I-II of the disease was detected in 16 patients, in 28 patients - III, in 3 - IV. I-II degree and 6 - III degree of functional insufficiency of joints were diagnosed in 41 patients. The seropositive variant of rheumatoid arthritis was found in 28 patients and seronegative - in 19 patients. All patients had oligopolyarthritis; 25 of 47 patients had systemic manifestations.