Greg Marsh asked:
If you suffer from psoriasis, then you are at risk for a condition called psoriatic arthritis. Arthritis is a term that is used to describe many conditions in which the joints in the body do not function as they should because of the body’s immune system literally attacking that of the tissues [...]
Roger Thompson asked:
With over a 100 different forms of arthritis, it can be difficult to determine which type a patients has. Pinpointing arthritis symptoms can help expedite the diagnoses of arthritis.
Arthritis means joint inflammation, and this is a result of having arthritis. Some forms of arthritis can actually affect body’s organs and can cause [...]
Nathan Wei asked:
There is an old joke. It goes like this: “Neurologists diagnose the untreatable while rheumatologists treat the undiagnosable.” Nothing could be truer than when it comes to what is termed “inflammatory arthritis.”
Most rheumatologists tend to divide arthritis into two major categories: inflammatory and non-inflammatory. The latter category is also termed “degenerative” arthritis.
The [...]
Steven A Johnson asked: One of the most common types of joint conditions is arthritis, which is an inflation of the joints of the body. While arthritis is the most common disability in persons above fifty-five years of age, younger people can still be affected. There are many different forms of arthritis and each one [...]
Roger Thompson asked: Psoriatic arthritis is actually a combination of two different medical conditions. Psoriasis is a chronic skin condition which causes a patchy rash. The affected area is usually inflamed and scaly. Arthritis is described as an inflammation of the joints and is also chronic. Both conditions are fairly common but psoriasis is predominant [...]
Ethan Armitage asked: The main common characteristics of the rheumatic conditions are represented by inflammations, followed by a disability of one of the body’s supporting structures. The most affected by rheumatic diseases are the articulations, ligaments, bones, tendons and muscles that become painful, swollen and rigid. Some of the 100 types of rheumatic disorders may [...]
Nathan Wei asked: There are more than 100 different kinds of arthritis. Most of them involve inflammation. When a patient goes to a rheumatologist to get a diagnosis, there is a process of elimination in order to arrive at the proper diagnosis. This process of elimination is called “differential diagnosis.”Differential diagnosis can be a difficult [...]