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Rheumatoid arthritis (3 Images)
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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a long-term disease that causes inflammation of the joints and surrounding tissues. It can also affect other organs. Reviewer: Steve Lee, DO, Rheumatology Fellow, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.Date: 07/27/2007
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Osteoarthritis (2 Images)
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Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common joint disorder. Reviewer: Thomas N. Joseph, MD, Private Practice specializing in Orthopaedics, subspecialty Foot and Ankle, Camden Bone Joint, Camden, SC. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.Date: 08/06/2007
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Joint pain
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Joint pain can affect one or more joints. See also arthritis (inflammation of joints), muscle pain, and bursitis. Reviewer: Lisa Christopher-Stine, M.D., M.P.H., Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University,Baltimore, MD. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.Date: 08/22/2006
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Viral arthritis
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Viral arthritis is inflammation of the joints that results from a viral infection. Reviewer: Steve Lee, DO, Rheumatology Fellow, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.Date: 04/27/2007
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Psoriatic arthritis (2 Images)
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Psoriatic arthritis is an arthritis that is often associated with psoriasis of the skin. Reviewer: Steve Lee, DO, Rheumatology Fellow, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.Date: 04/27/2007
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Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
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Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) is a general term for the most common types of arthritis in children. It is a long-term (chronic) disease resulting in joint pain and inflammation, which may lead to joint damage. Reviewer: Steve Lee, DO, Rheumatology Fellow, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.Date: 05/27/2007
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Gout - chronic (1 Image)
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Gout is a disease involving uric acid deposits in the joints. The disorder causes pain, especially in the joints of the feet and legs. Chronic gout involves repeated episodes of joint pain. See also: Gout - acute Reviewer: Steve Lee, DO, Rheumatology Fellow, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.Date: 06/18/2007
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Acute gouty arthritis
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Acute gouty arthritis is a sudden attack of pain in the joints, especially in the feet and legs, that occur when uric acid builds up in the joints. See also: Chronic gouty arthritis Reviewer: Steve Lee, DO, Rheumatology Fellow, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.Date: 04/26/2007
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Fungal arthritis
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Fungal arthritis is an inflammation of a joint caused by infection by a fungus. Reviewer: D. Scott Smith, M.D., MSc, DTM&H, Chief of Infectious Disease & Geographic Medicine, Kaiser Redwood City, CA & Adjunct Assistant Professor, Stanford University. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.Date: 11/27/2006
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Gonococcal arthritis
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Gonococcal arthritis is an infection, usually of a single joint (in 90-95% of cases) that occurs with gonorrhea. Reviewer: Kenneth Wener, M.D., Division of Infectious Diseases, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.Date: 02/10/2006
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Arthritis - resources
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Reviewer: A.D.A.M. Editorial Team: Greg Juhn, M.T.P.W., David R. Eltz, Kelli A. Stacy.Date: 10/13/2006
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Tuberculous arthritis
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Tuberculous arthritis is an infection of the joints due to tuberculosis. See also: Spondylitis Reviewer: Hilary M. Babcock, M.D., Medical Director of Occupational Infection Control, Barnes-Jewish and St. Louis Children's Hospitals; Instructor of Medicine, Infectious Disease Division, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.Date: 08/15/2006
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Action Plan for Arthritis
Book by "A. Lynn Millar, PT, PhD" publisher: "Human Kinetics"
This book is written for the person who has arthritis and either is planning to start exercising or already is exercising and wishes to modify an existing program
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