Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disorder that leads to inflammation of the joints and surrounding tissues. Normally, the body’s immune system normally fights off foreign substances, like viruses. But in an autoimmune disease, the immune system confuses healthy tissue for foreign substances. As a result, the body attacks itself.

Autoimmune diseases can also affect other organs. There is evidence also that patients with rheumatoid arthritis are more apt to heart diseases.

According to a study published in the December 2010 issue of the Journal of Internal Medicine, there is a 60% increased risk of having a heart attack in patients diagnosed with RA compared to those without RA.

Swedish researchers followed 7,469 patients diagnosed with RA between 1995 and 2006, together with 37,024 matched controls without RA to determine the risk of ischemic heart disease, with particular reference to myocardial infarction (heart attack).  It was found that the risk of an acute heart attack in RA patients rose by 60% in one to four years after diagnosis. The researchers also found that having RA increased the risk of any ischemic heart disease by 50%.

It has been known for years that vitamin D is a powerful immune modulator. The positive effect of vitamin D supplements is shown in many autoimmune disorders including rheumatoid arthritis. Adding a vitamin D3 supplement will surely help you improve your vitamin D levels and enjoy related immunomodulatory benefits.

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Journal of internal medicine

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As discussed in the article “Vitamin D: Most of us need more”, 3 recent studies have shown that vitamin D deficiency is common in rheumatic patients and that the current RDA of 800-1,000 IU is not sufficient to normalize vitamin D levels. Findings were presented at the recently held EULAR 2010, the Annual Congress of the European League against Rheumatism in Rome, Italy.

The first one was a UK study on 180 arthritic patients, which concluded that 58% of the subjects had vitamin D levels less than the sufficient levels of 48-145 nmol/L.

The second study was an Italian Study in which nearly 2000 RA patients were recruited to determine a correlation between vitamin D deficiency and several different clinical measures of disease activity. Researchers found that vitamin D levels were lower in 85% of the patients not taking a vitamin D supplement and in 60% of those taking 800 IU or more vitamin D daily as a supplement. It indicates that a much higher intake of vitamin D is needed to achieve healthy levels.

Dr. L. Idolazzi, author of the study supported the need of long term studies to examine the clinical response of patients to vitamin D supplementation.

The third one was also an Italian study which evaluated the affect of vitamin D supplementation of 800-1000 IU per day in patients with inflammatory and non-inflammatory autoimmune diseases. The results were surprising! Only 29% patients achieved healthy vitamin D levels after supplementation. Dr. Pier Paolo Sainaghi interpreted that daily 800-1,000 IU supplementation is not sufficient to normalize vitamin D levels in patients with rheumatologic or bone conditions.

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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/06/100618081333.htm

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