Rheumatoid arthritis most often hits the small joints of the hands and wrists first, where you may feel warmth, swelling, or tenderness. The joint pain of RA has been described in all sorts of ways—deep, dull, aching, throbbing, warm, hot, tender. However, most agree that the pain is ...
Rheumatoid arthritis can result in loose, deformed joints, loss of mobility and diminished strength. It also can cause painless lumps the size of a pea or acorn, called rheumatoid nodules. These develop under the skin, especially around the elbow or beneath the toes....
Rheumatoid arthritisis an inflammatory joint disease that affects small and big joint. Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease that causes severe self-destructive inflammation. Immune system mostly attacks the soft tissue resulting in chronic inflammation. Synovial membrane is predominantly attacked by ...
Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease, when the immune system turns its sights on healthy tissue in the body, causinginflammation. It targets the synovial membrane, the tissue that lines joints. Typically, this lining is thin and delicate, and it produces a clear fluid that allows the j...
Purpose of review Elbow arthritis in patients with rheumatoid disease continues to be a challenging problem in orthopaedic surgery. This article reviews the recent literature, with an emphasis on radiographic evaluation, medical management, and surgical management of the rheumatoid elbow. Recent findings ...
their treatments, and their outcomes. The term juvenile idiopathic arthritis encompasses the five main forms of childhood arthritis: pauciarticular, polyarticular, systemic, enthesitis-related, andpsoriatic arthritis. Juvenile idiopathic arthritis was formerly referred to as juvenile rheumatoid arthritisorJRA...
(e.g., elbow) and must be distinguished from opportunistic infections, which may produce similar morphologic features inimmunocompromised patients. More serious but less common extra-articular manifestations of rheumatoid arthritis includeinterstitial pulmonary fibrosis, which may lead to significant pulmonary...
Although there is no cure for rheumatoid arthritis, many patients can diminish their symptoms and pain by seeking treatment with an orthopedic hand surgeon, who may use treatments such as occupational and physical therapy, NSAIDs (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs), corticosteroid injections, conside...
Rheumatoid arthritis occurs on both sides of the body. This can distinguish it from age-related arthritis. For example, a right-handed tennis player may develop arthritis in the right elbow after years of overuse. However, she may not develop the same pain in her left arm. Either can be ...
Purpose of review Elbow arthritis in patients with rheumatoid disease continues to be a challenging problem in orthopaedic surgery. This article reviews the recent literature, with an emphasis on radiographic evaluation, medical management, and surgical management of the rheumatoid elbow. Recent findings ...