In order to study the prevalence of psoriatic arthritis in Imam Reza Hospital and determine the effects of factors like age, sex, familial history, type of skin involvement, nail involvement and duration of disease on psoriatic arthritis, 300 psoriatic patients over a period of 4 years were admitted and examined in the Department of Dermatology and Rheumatology in Imam Reza Teaching Hospita...

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...

non typhoidal salmonellae spp. causes clinical symptoms especially in neonates, infants, aged and immunocompromised patients. hematogenous dissemination may occur in complicated cases whereas the formation of abscess is rare. a 61-year old woman presented to our hospital with pain and a mass in her left arm, without fever and leukocytosis. she was using methotrexate, corticosteroids and quinine...

conclusions considering the results of this study, although having h. pylori infection in ra patients was accompanied with higher number of inflamed and tender joints, but h. pylori eradication did not improve patients’ clinical symptoms and laboratory tests. it seems that the effect of h. pylori infection eradication over disease activity in ra patients is not remarkable, if it does exist at a...

objectives the cause of rheumatoid arthritis (ra) as a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease is still unknown. it appears that both genetic and environmental factors play a role in its pathogenesis. recent studies reveal that in addition to the cns, immune cells synthesis neurotransmitters so that these catecholamines can regulate immune functions. the aim of this study is to evaluate the dop...

rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease that causes chronic inflammation of the joints as well as other organs in the body. adjuvant-induced arthritis models in inbred rats serve as relevant models for ra, having many clinical similarities to this disease. using honey bee venom as a treatment for rheumatoid arthritis is an ancient therapy in various parts of the world. however scorpion ve...

Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic multi-system disease of unknown cause. It affects the people in their prime of life, predominantly between the ages of 20-50 years with unpredictable course. Sudard is used in the ayurvedic system of medicine for the treatment of inflammation and pain associated with rheumatoid arthritis, osteo-arthritis, frozen shoulder, sciatica, ankylosing spondylitis and ...

objectives the cause of rheumatoid arthritis (ra) as a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease is still unknown. it appears that both genetic and environmental factors play a role in its pathogenesis. recent studies reveal that in addition to the cns, immune cells synthesis neurotransmitters so that these catecholamines can regulate immune functions. the aim of this study is to evaluate the dop...

background: anti-ccp is a test commonly used for the diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis. the aim of this study was to determine the diagnostic values of accp compared to anti-mcv in rheumatoid arthritis patients in north of iran. methods: the serum samples of 150 ra patients and 75 controls, with the mean age of 49.6+11.8 and 48.8+12 years respectively, were tested using the commercially availab...