methotrexate information booklet - Versus Arthritis

Methotrexate can be given to people with various types of arthritis . and related conditions, including: • rheumatoid arthritis • psoriatic arthritis • reactive arthritis •asculitis v • enteropathic arthritis •yositis m • systemic sclerosis. It can also be given to children who have: • juvenile idiopathic arthritis • lupus (SLE)

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Osteoarthritis of the hand and wrist

Osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis, and the hand and wrist joints are among the most commonly affected. ... The index and middle fingers and the thumb are the parts of the hand most commonly affected. Many people find that the hand they

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Osteoarthritis of the hip - Versus Arthritis | All of us ...

a painful hip. Hold it in the hand on the opposite side of the body to your affected joint. Try to avoid carrying items on the same side as the affected hip. • Use the handrail for support when going up or down stairs. Go upstairs one at a time with your good leg first, but go downstairs with your bad leg first.

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Neck pain exercise sheet. - Versus Arthritis

neck pain. It’s important to carry on exercising, even when the pain goes, as this can reduce the chances of it coming back. Neck pain can also be helped by sleeping on a firm mattress, with your head at the same height as your body, and by sitting upright, with your shoulders and neck back. Don’t wear a neck

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Elbow pain exercises - Versus Arthritis

tennis elbow, and needs to be done for 8–12 weeks. Wrist lift (palm up) Bend your elbow at a right angle. Hold a light weight (for example a tin of beans), palm up. Bend your wrist slowly towards you, and then slowly release. Do three sets of 15 repetitions twice a day. This is a useful exercise for golfer’s elbow.

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Knee Pain Information Booklet - Versus Arthritis

this type of knee pain. Tendonitis Sore or painful knees can be a sign of tendonitis. This is when a tendon swells up and becomes painful – for example, after an injury. Osgood–Schlatter’s disease This is a condition that can affect children and young people. In .

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Ankle sprain exercise sheet - Versus Arthritis

creams that could reduce the pain and swelling in your ankle. These include painkillers like paracetamol, or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) like ibuprofen. Putting some weight on your foot by doing things like walking, can really help with recovering from an ankle sprain, so try to stay as mobile as possible.

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Exercises for hip pain - Versus Arthritis

Hip flexion (strengthening): Hold onto a work surface and march on the spot to bring your knees up towards your chest alternately. Don’t go above 90 degrees. 2 Hip extension (strengthening): Move your leg backwards, keeping your knee straight. Clench your buttock tightly and hold for five seconds. Don’t lean forwards. Hold onto a

Versus Arthritis back pain information booklet

programme can help people with low back pain lead more active lives and manage their condition more effectively. Many of the people who took part in the study also found that they had the knowledge to prevent further attacks if they felt an episode of back pain coming on.

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Fibromyalgia information booklet

Fibromyalgia isn’t caused by damage or an injury to the body. But it does increase the sensitivity of your nerve endings, which means you could feel pain from a small amount of pressure or minor knocks. One theory is that the condition is caused by problems with a person’s central nervous system – which controls all the sensations

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The Pathogenesis of Rheumatoid Arthritis

heumatoid arthritis is a common autoimmune disease that is associated with progressive disability, systemic complications, early death, and socioeconomic costs.1 The cause of rheumatoid arthritis is unknown, and the prognosis is guarded. However, advances in understanding the pathogen-

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Joint protection techniques for hand/finger arthritis

Rheumatoid arthritis or osteoarthritis can cause various deformities in your finger joints. If you notice early that any of your joints are becoming misshapen, change the way you do things to reduce the strain on them. • Try to become aware of how you use the joints that ache. For example, think about what is happening to your fingers ...

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PATIENT INFORMATION Ankle Arthritis

Early symptoms of ankle arthritis are pain and perhaps swelling and stiffness, especially after prolonged activity including standing or walking, or after high impact activities, for example running. If you have ankle arthritis, pain, swelling and stiffness can become more frequent as the disease progresses.

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Clinical Case: RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS - Simple Tasks

Early detection and treatment of RA, within the first 12 weeks of symptom onset, is critical to help your patients avoid long-term complications This echo T2 image of a patient’s neck demonstrates the pannus around the odontoid This 54 year-old man with seropositive rheumatoid arthritis developed multiple subcutaneous nodules after several months

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Biologics for Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis

early, unconfirmed evidence that, although biologic agents may be more effective than nonbiologic treatments, ... For psoriatic arthritis, the evidence is unclear about whether any biologic is better than the others. Biologics seem to be more efficacious than nonbiologic systemic agents, particularly methotrexate, based on indirect comparisons ...

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2010 ACR/EULAR Classification Criteria for Rheumatoid ...

Submit case scenarios of early undifferentiated inflammatory arthritis Rank the case scenarios on probability of developing persistent erosive RA Specify target population Positive factors +-Negative factors Discussion on reasons for discordance among physicians Phase 1 data Identifying domains and categories

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Indomethacin Capsules, USP 25 mg - Food and Drug ...

Indomethacin suppresses inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis as demonstrated by relief of pain, and reduction of fever, swelling and tenderness. Improvement in patients treated with indomethacin for rheumatoid arthritis has been demonstrated by a reduction in joint swelling, average number of joints involved, and morning stiffness; by

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EULAR recommendations for the management of rheumatoid ...

for the management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with synthetic and biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) in 2010.1 They summarised the state of the art and provided rheumatologists, patients, payers and other stake-holders with the evidence-based views of Euro-pean experts on the optimal use and sequence of

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