Inflammatory arthritis (IA) is a group of chronic inflammatory rheumatic diseases, mainly consisting of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA). IA patients are at risk for using high numbers of medication, due to the high disease burden, frequentl...
the latter being a type ofinflammatory arthritisandautoimmune diseasethataffects some 1.3 million Americans. IA can affect multiple organs and cause widespread symptoms. In this article, HearingTracker looks at the connections between certain types of arthritis and hearing loss...
in the small joints of her fingers. This has made it difficult for her to work and she is concerned as she has had to take some time off. She describes how she has ‘trouble dressing my two-year-old’ and ‘peeling vegetables’. She has had some relief takingIbuprofenmedication. ...
Financial hardship linked to asthma medication non-adherence, study shows Despite a fall in the number of people with asthma over the past decade who say that cost has stopped them taking their meds as prescribed, financial hardship still remains a deterrent for one in six with the condition, ...
Glenohumeral stiffness and arthritis after instability surgery—causes and treatment Leah T.CyranMD, ...Wayne Z.BurkheadJr.MD, inShoulder Instability: A Comprehensive Approach, 2012 Anti-inflammatory medicine Anti-inflammatory medication and analgesics are the mainstays of initial conservative treatment for...
(3) To understand the choices made by females with RA/PsA in childbearing age regarding arthritis medication usage (csDMARDs, tsDMARDs, bDMARDs, steroids, non-steroidal anti-inflammatories) (4) To understand the fetal and maternal outcomes in the peri-partum period for RA/PsA patients in ...
Validity of the diagnosis inflammatory arthritis The diagnosis IA was confirmed when we found, based on a correspondence with a medical specialist, the fol- lowing diagnoses in the free text fields of the EMR: oligoarthritis, polyarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and/or spondyloarthropathy. Charts ...
Individuals with chronic inflammatory disorders (defined as rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, psoriasis, inflammatory bowel disease), prevalent cancer, intake of immunosuppressive or antineoplastic medication, or missing information of more than 3 values of the previously mentioned criteria were ...
The investigators found that the high mortality in patients with gout remained unchanged, whereas mortality rates for rheumatoid arthritis have improved over the same time period. This mortality gap might be related to suboptimal gout care (insufficient allocation of medication, insufficient treatment, ...
Usually, different NSAIDs can have similar effects. For example, if you are experiencing discomfort from arthritis, you might get relief from either Aleve (naproxen) or Advil (ibuprofen). But sometimes, people have a different response to treatment with a different medication, and a few medicat...