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.