Managing chronic arthritis

Spiritual Strategies for Managing Arthritis

What is Arthritis? The term Arthritis has been derived from two Greek words “Arthron” meaning “joint” and “itis” implying “inflammation” literally meaning “Joint Inflammation”. Arthritis refers to a group of more than one hundred and fifty diseases that can cause pain, stiffness and swelling in the joints. It can also affect other parts such as muscles, tendons and ligaments (connective tissue)...

Managing chronic diseases

Editor—Palliative care does not start when a patient is dying. A whole spectrum of palliation begins from the day of diagnosis of a potentially terminal disease, such as soft tissue sarcoma. Palliation, in the sense of needing to absorb what this means for the patient, becomes even then a medical imperative. The “How long have I got, Doc?” question may not be articulated, but it will be there a...

Chronic Arthritis

Managing chronic disease.

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Managing juvenile idiopathic arthritis-associated uveitis.

Bilateral chronic anterior uveitis is an extra-articular feature of juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Although figures vary, uveitis occurs in approximately 11%-13% of patients with this disease and is most commonly associated with the female gender, oligoarthritis, and presence of antinuclear antibodies. The disease has an insidious onset and is often asymptomatic. Managing patients with juvenile...