Researchers have found that a strain of bacteria commonly found in milk may be a trigger for developing rheumatoid arthritis in people who are genetically at risk.<\/p>\n
Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune and inflammatory disease that causes the immune system to attack a person\u2019s joints, muscles, bones and organs.<\/p>\n
Patients suffer from pain and deformities mostly in the hands and feet. It can occur at any age but the most common onset is between 40 and 60 years old and is three times more prevalent in women.<\/p>\n
The study, published in the journal Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, showed a link between rheumatoid arthritis and Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis, known as MAP.<\/p>\n
Humans can contract the bacteria through the consumption of infected milk, beef and produce fertilised by cow manure.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe don\u2019t know the cause of rheumatoid arthritis, so we\u2019re excited that we have found this association,\u201d said one of the researchers Shazia Beg from the University of Central Florida (UCF) in the US.<\/p>\n
The study involve 100 of her patients who volunteered clinical samples for testing.<\/p>\n
Nearly 80 per cent of the patients with rheumatoid arthritis were found to have a mutation in the PTPN2\/22 gene, and 40 per cent of that number tested positive for MAP.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe believe that individuals born with this genetic mutation and who are later exposed to MAP through consuming contaminated milk or meat from infected cattle are at a higher risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis,\u201d said Saleh Naser, an infectious disease specialist at UCF.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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