Rheumatology is a branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment therapy of painful, inflammatory, and infectious rheumatic diseases. The rheumatic diseases include Rheumatoid Arthritis, Lupus, and Sjogren’s syndrome causes infection and inflammation in the bones, muscles, joints, and internal organs. Various kinds of diseases can be diagnosed such as arthritis, gout, Lyme disease, polymyositis, sarcoidosis, scleroderma, etc. Doctors commonly recommend the tests such as HLA-B7, Collagen Disease Antibody test, etc.
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Normal ranges
The doctors in general define the normal RF levels as the 0–20 units per milliliter (U/ml) of blood. The designated the upper limit of the regular levels as 25 U/ml . An individual’s risk of developing the rheumatoid arthritis typically would increases with RF level.
Rheumatic diseases which include the osteoarthritis and the rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Both they cause the inflammation, the swelling, and any pain in the joints. Gout is considered to be form of the arthritis in which the urate crystals accumulate in the joint, usually in the large joint of big toe.
The CCP antibody test is in general used to diagnose the rheumatoid arthritis. It's done post rheumatoid factor (RF) test. The Rheumatoid factors are also another type of the autoantibody tests. The RF tests are the main test that helps in diagnosing the rheumatoid arthritis.
"Normal" range (or negative test result) for the rheumatoid factor is often considered to be less than 14 IU/ml. The results with values of 14 IU/ml or even above are considered the abnormally high, the elevated, or a positive value.
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