IMPACT OF CHLAMYDIA INFECTION ON QUALITY OF LIFE OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS PATIENTS

Abstract

The article deals with the estimation of influence of chlamydia infection on life quality (LQ) of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. The presence of chlamydia infection in RA patients complicates the course of a joint syndrome, thus worsening the LQ of patients. All patients are classified in Group III according to the criteria of the American College of Rheumatologists/European Anti-Rheumatic League (ACR/EULAR) [17], who wasan inpatient in a multidisciplinary clinic of the Tashkent Medical Academy. The results of the research showed that bodily pain, general health, vitality and mental health of patients are significantly higher than similar indicators of groups II and III. This suggests that when RA is combined with chlamydia infection, FG scores are significantly lower than those for RA without this infection. As a result of our study, we have found that the presence of chlamydia infection in RA patients hurtsLQ of patients. The presence of chlamydia infection in RA patients requires the eradication of chlamydia infection before prescription of basic anti-inflammatory therapy, which contributes to the improvement of skin cotent in patients