WORLD JOURNAL OF ADVANCE
HEALTHCARE RESEARCH

*Mustafa M. Mustafa and Muna A. Kashmoola

ABSTRACT

Aim of the Study: To assess the level of the haemoglobin and the platelet count in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis. Subjects and Material: In this study and during a period of eight months, sixty patients with active rheumatoid arthritis, (50) females and (10) males, attending Ibn-Sina teaching hospital in Mosul / the rheumatology department were included. Their ages were ranging between (19-70) years, with the mean of (45.15) years, those patients were diagnosed to have rheumatoid arthritis according to the criteria of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR), and patients were considered to have an active disease according to parameters of assessing disease activity. This study includes clinical evaluation of disease activity depending on the number of inflamed joints and pain intensity (score), assessing the haemoglobin level and the platelet count. Results: There was a significant negative correlation between haemoglobin and platelet count and a significant increase in platelet count with disease activity. Conclusion: 76.6% were in fourth-sixth decades of life with a female predominance. Anaemia was found in (46.7%) of cases and the degree of anaemia increased with disease activity. The anaemia was mostly of normochromic normocytic type (82.14%). Thrombocytosis was found in (63.3%) of patients and it had a significant positive correlation with Ritchie index (p

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