Adsorptive and Rheological Properties of Blood in Rheumatoid and Reactive Arthritis

Rheumatoid and Chlamydia-induced reactive arthritis proceed with the change of viscous and relaxation properties of blood serum; the second physicochemical parameter in these groups of patients has different (increased and reduced respectively) direction. Both joints diseases differ from each other by higher time values of blood serum relaxation in rheumatoid arthritis and preponderance of viscoelasticity module indices in reactive arthritis, parameters of which correlate with each other, with surface viscosity and elasticity, and depend on clinical signs of disease’ course, the levels of serum surfactants and surface-inactive substances. Adsorptive and rheological properties of blood serum impact on the character of aggregation of erythrocytes and platelets of whole blood