Plasma Viscosity and Suspension Stability in Chronic Rheumatic Diseases

Plasma viscosity and suspension stability in chronic rheumatic diseases.

In view of the results obtained by the determination of plasma viscosity by Harkness and others (1946) it seemed desirable to apply this method to the chronic rheumatic diseases, but owing to difficulties encountered in procuring the apparatus comparatively few tests had been made before the publication of similar trials by Cowan and Harkness (1947). In the latter paper erythrocyte sedimentatio...

Plasma and serum proteins in chronic rheumatic diseases.

Fasting and rheumatic diseases

Fasting is one of the important religious practices of Muslims, in which the individuals abstain from eating and drinking from dawn to sunset. Fasting is not obligatory or even not allowed, in case it causes health problems to the fasting individual. Rheumatic diseases are a major group of chronic diseases which can bring about numerous problems while fasting. The aim of this article is to revi...

Chronic inflammatory rheumatic diseases in black Zimbabweans.

The pattern of chronic inflammatory rheumatic diseases seen in 52 black Zimbabweans was determined. These diseases constituted 2% of all treatable chronic endemic medical diseases registered around Gweru City. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and gout were the commonest, 38.8% and 28.8% of the total respectively. Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), polymyositis, progressive systemic sclerosis, mixed c...

Chronic Rheumatic Diseases: Their Diagnosis and Treatment