The client with newly diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis asks what can happen if no treatment is done. The nurse knows that if rheumatoid arthritis is left untreated, which of the following would be most apt to develop?
ExplanationBony ankylosis occurs in untreated rheumatoid arthritis. Osteomyelitis is a bone infection and is not related to rheumatoid arthritis. Pathological fractures are usually the result of severe osteoporosis, not arthritis. Joints lose mobility and become ankylosed; they do not have hypermobility.