The 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...

Assessment of Health Related Quality of Life (HRQL) in Egyptian Children with Rheumatic Diseases; Its Relation to Disease Activity and Functional Disability

Background Many pediatric rheumatic diseases persist into adulthood, with negative squeal from the disease or its treatment. We aimed to assess health related quality of life in a group of children with rheumatic diseases and its relation to disease activity and functional disability.  Materials and Methods Fifty one patients were divided into three groups: Group 1 includes 27 patients diagnose...

بیماریهای روماتیسمی و بارداری

Pregnancy could be a challenge for physicians managing women with rheumatic diseases. Many of these diseases affect women of child-bearing age. Awareness of safe drugs, pregnancy effects on disease, and the effect of pregnancy are vitally important. For better results a group consisted of a gynecologist and internal physician should work together to these women. In general, active inflammation ...

Frequency and Effective Factors on Discontinuation of Treatment in Patients with Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases

Background and purpose: Treatment of rheumatic diseases depends on proper use of medications. The aim of this study was to evaluate the frequency and reasons for discontinuation of drugs in these patients. Materials and methods: A cross-sectional study was performed in patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases in Sari, Iran 2020-2021 to investigate the frequency and reasons for discontinua...

Is there any Association Between Human Lymphotropic Virus Type I (HTLV-I) Infection and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus? An Original Research and Literature Review

Brain Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography Scan (SPECT) and Functional MRI in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients with Cognitive Dysfunction: A Systematic Review

Objective(s): Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease with a wide range of clinical manifestations. Cognitive dysfunction is one of the manifestations that could present prior to the emergence of any other neuropsychiatric involvements in SLE. Cognitive dysfunction is a subtle condition occurring with ahigh frequency. However, there is no data on the correlation of cognitive...