Comprehensive guides on osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and other arthritic knee conditions.
Your immune system is supposed to protect your body, but when you have rheumatoid arthritis (RA), it accidentally attacks healthy joints, tissues, and organs, including the eyes and lungs. As a result, the chronic autoimmune disease causes pain, swelling, stiffness and loss of function in the joints. It can also cause other symptoms, including…
This morning started early after a long day yesterday. The burning sensation disappeared. I’m pretty sure it was something in the bath oil that caused me to have a bad reaction. I drove to Yosemite (it’s an hour away) via the one-way bridge that cars cross in both directions. I got into the Yosemite gate…
Study design and database This was a descriptive, retrospective claims database study using the DATASUS database. The study identified patients with RA who sought care within SUS between January 1, 2010 and December 31, 2020. The administrative claims data in DATASUS is presented as procedure codes from billing data and includes demographic information, all…
Relief could be on the way for people with painful hand osteoarthritis after a Monash University and Alfred Health-led study found that an affordable existing drug could help. Until now, no effective treatment existed. Published in The Lancetthe article examined methotrexate, a cheap, effective treatment for inflammatory joint diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic…
When I first started thinking about getting pregnant after being diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, I was eager to hear from other women who had succeeded in this goal. At the time there wasn’t much social media, but I did find a great book called Arthritis, Pregnancy and the Path to Parenthood. It contained quotes…
