Izimpawu zokuqala

• izinzuzo ubuhlungu (noma ubumnene) emajoyintini athintekile. Ubuhlungu buba bubi kakhulu ebusuku nasekuseni kakhulu, noma ngemuva kwesikhathi sokuphumula isikhathi eside. Imvamisa zibangela ukuvuka ebusuku engxenyeni yesibili yobusuku. Zingaqhubeka futhi zibe nomthelela omkhulu ekuziphatheni okuhle.
• Le ukuvuvukala (i-edema) yelinye noma, kaningi, amalunga amaningi. Njengomthetho ojwayelekile, ukubandakanyeka “kuyalingana”, okusho ukuthi iqembu elifanayo lamalunga liyathinteka ezinhlangothini zombili zomzimba. Lezi zivame ukuba izihlakala noma amalunga eminwe, ikakhulukazi lawo atholakala eduze kwesandla;
• Amalunga athintekile nawo ayashisa futhi kwesinye isikhathi abomvu;
• A ukuqina ilunga lasekuseni, elihlala okungenani imizuzu engama-30 kuye kwangama-60. Lokhu kuqina kuyancishiswa ngemuva "kokugqwala" kwamalunga, okusho ukuthi ngemuva kokuwahlanganisa "nokuwafudumeza". Kodwa-ke, ukuqina kungabuya emini, ngemuva kwesikhathi eside sokungasebenzi;
• Ukukhathala kutholakala kakhulu kulesi sifo, imvamisa kusukela ekuqaleni. Kungakhubaza kakhulu futhi kube nzima kulabo abaseduze kwakho ukukuqonda. Ixhunyaniswe nenqubo yokuzimela nokuvuvukala. Ingahlotshaniswa nokushoda kwesifiso sokudla.
• Umkhuhlane ungaba khona ngesikhathi sokuqubuka.

Ukuvela kwezimpawu

• Lapho lesi sifo siqhubeka, kuba nzima kakhulu ukusebenzisa noma ukuhambisa ngokujwayelekile amalunga athintekile;
• Amalunga amasha angathinteka;
• Small izikhwama ezinzima (hhayi okubuhlungu) kungakhiwa ngaphansi kwesikhumba, ikakhulukazi ngemuva kwamaqakala (ama-Achilles tendons), izindololwane kanye namalunga wezandla. Lawa "amaqhuqhuva e-rheumatoid", atholakala kubantu abathintekile abayi-10 kuya ku-20%;

• Ukudana, okubangelwa ubuhlungu, ukungapheli kwesifo nakho konke ukushintsha kwempilo okusibekayo, kungenzeka.

Ezinye izimpawu (ezingathinti amalunga)

Kwabanye abantu, inqubo yokuzimela ye-rheumatoid arthritis ingahlasela okuhlukahlukene izitho zomzimba ngaphezu kwamalunga. Lawa mafomu angadinga indlela yokwelashwa enolaka kakhulu.

• Isomiso se amehlo futhi kugcwele (i-Gougerot-Sjögren syndrome), ekhona cishe kwikota yalabo abathintekile;
• Ukukhubazeka kwe- inhliziyo, ikakhulukazi imvilophu yayo (ebizwa nge-pericardium) engabangeli izimpawu njalo;
• Ukukhubazeka kwe- amaphaphu kuya isikhumba, okungabuye kuhlobene noma kukhuliswe yimithi;
• I-anaemia evuthayo.