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Rheumatoid Arthritis : Health & Medical
What Are the Causes of Arthritis in the Jaw?
Arthritis occurs when joints in your body become inflamed due to a variety of causes, resulting in pain and stiffness. Arthritis can affect many different joints in your body, including your jaw or the temporomandibular joints.
Is Fibromyalgia Incurable?
Fibromyalgia is a serious disease that affects the muskulosceletal system of your body. It often is the result of prolonged muscle spasms, which then ends up with many other symptoms such as depression, headaches, brain fog, insomnia, irritable bowel syndrome and many others. Due to the fact that th
What Is Rheumatoid Arthritis?
WebMD explains the causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.
Nonverbal Signs of Pain
The two general methods of communication are verbal and nonverbal. Estimates about general day-to-day communication interactions reveal that 50 percent to 80 percent of messages sent and received are through nonverbal methods. The same can be true with communicating the signals of pain. Small childr
Joint Pain May Cause Fatigue
What causes Joint Pain Fatigue? The answer is anything from a sprained ankle to lupus. There are many conditions between the two, arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, herniated disc, degenerative disc disease, etc., etc. The one thing they have in common is PAIN. I think we can all agree with that state
Arthritis Pain and Sleep
Arthritis pain can make it difficult to sleep, and lack of sleep can aggravate joint pain. Try these tips from WebMD to break the vicious cycle.
Criteria for Diagnosing Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis is an inflammatory autoimmune condition. This painful disorder affects the linings of the joints. Joint swelling, joint deformity and erosion of the bones can develop with this condition. Doctors use symptoms and tests to diagnose this disorder.
Rheumatoid Arthritis: Smokers at Risk
Smoking may aggravate genes that make some people more likely to develop rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
Steroids for Arthritis Pain
Arthritis is a painful condition affecting joints and mobility. Osteoarthritis, the most common form, is the result of overused and damaged joints. Rheumatoid arthritis occurs when the immune system attacks joints. Steroids are used to treat both types of arthritis.
Foods to Help Cope With Arthritis
One in every five Americans has arthritis. Foods that have trans fat, saturated fat, simple refined fat and carbohydrates make the inflammation of arthritis worse. If you are overweight, that extra weight will put unwanted stress on the joints. The extra fat is believed to also send out hormones and
At Risk for Gout: It's Not Just Men
The prevalence of gout in postmenopausal women approaches that of men and goes up with each decade of life, a study shows.
Treatment of Spondyloarthropathy
What new therapies are on the horizon for the treatment of spondyloarthropathy?
Ayurvedic Medicine for Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis
Are Ayurvedic treatment formulations safe and effective in the treatment of osteoarthritis?
The Up-to-Date and Common-Sense Approach to Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment
Most of the things posted on the internet about how to treat rheumatoid arthritis are written either by people who have an innate distrust of conventional medicines and don't know the science or by scientists who don't appreciate the fear and skepticism that many people nowadays feel about
Effect of Green Tea Extract on Uric Acid and Urate Clearance
Does green tea extract have hypouricemic effects in healthy individuals?
6 Frequently Asked Questions About Osteoarthritis
Certain questions about osteoarthritis come up over and over again. Here are six of the most frequently asked questions about osteoarthritis.
Psoriatic Arthritis Treatment Guidelines
The first-ever international guidelines for psoriatic arthritis treatment has been issued.
7 year old girl with polyarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis for 6 1/2 years
7 year old girl with polyarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis for 6 1/2 years. Photo of finger nodule.
Exercise to Treat Arthritis
WebMD describes the benefits of exercising with arthritis. Learn about range-of-motion, strengthening, endurance, and other types of exercise routines.