The ankle is the location where the fibula‚ tibia (lower leg) and talus (top of the foot) meet‚ which is why the medical term for the ankle is ‘the tibiotalar joint.’ As with all joints‚ as time passes‚ the ankle receives its share of wear and tear. If an individual has weak bones and/or tendons‚ or worn down cartilage in the ankle‚ the risk of an injury increases. Treatment for an Ankle Injury At Nilssen Orthopedics Ankle and Foot Center‚ the severity of an injury determines whether non-surgical
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Scale (KOS-ADL)‚ Lysholm Knee Scoring Scale‚ Oxford Knee Score (OKS)‚ Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC)‚ Activity Rating Scale (ARS)‚ and Tegner Activity Score (TAS). Arthritis Care& Research (Hoboken)‚ 63 (Suppl11)‚ S208-228.
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both the humeral head and the glenoid fossa. 1 There are several conditions or injuries that can cause a person to need a shoulder replacement. The first condition is degenerative joint disease‚ also known as osteoarthritis. This type of arthritis is brought on by
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last 10-12 days. The patient has a long history of severe and debilitating rheumatoid arthritis for which she has had numerous treatments‚ but over the past ten years she has been treated with methotrexate quit successfully. Her dosage has varied somewhere between 20 and 25 mg per week. About the beginning of this year‚ her dosage was decreased from 25 mg to 20 mg‚ but because of a flare of the rheumatoid arthritis‚ it was increased to 22.5 mg per week. She has had no problems with the methotrexate
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The most common name for Osteoarthritis is “Arthritis”. Millions of people are diagnosed with it all over the world. It starts when the protective cartilage that is located on the end of the bones starts to wear down and it causes it to rub on the muscle. Even though it can damage any part of the body that is bones or joints it mainly happens on the hands‚ knees ‚ hips and spine. Some background information for Osteoarthritis is “subdivided by the cause into either idiopathic or secondary forms
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Rheumatoid Arthritis Millions of people suffer from Rheumatoid Arthritis each and every day‚ and many may have it and do not they have the disease or how to deal with it. "With arthritis‚ medical treatment has an air of desperation. Doctors not only don’t know how to sort out the problem but often make a hash of things‚ throwing a load of potentially lethal drugs at the condition and then prescribing new drugs to deal with the side effects caused by the "treatment"."---Lynne McTaggart. This statement
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● What disorder did you choose to write about? • I chose to write about a disorder called Ankylosing Spondylitis. Arthritis of the hips and spine is caused by a chronic inflammatory disease known as Ankylosing Spondylitis. This disorder typically begins in the second and third decade and typically occurs in men. ● Which part of the axial skeleton does this disorder affect? • Ankylosing spondylitis affects different parts of the axial skeleton such as your hips (where the spine joins the
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reasons for hip joint discomfort are muscle pulls‚ and fractures both immediately of the bones worried in the joint or to the femur and stress fractures which occur due to over use of the joint chiefly by using athletes or sportspersons. Many types of arthritis may additionally cause hip suffering as they are able to infect tissues and muscle tissues and likewise injury the brusaes to restrict smooth action of femur in the acetabulum and of muscles and
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Edna is a 70-year-old widowed women that is suffering from rheumatoid arthritis. It would be ideal that the therapy recommendation be easy to read. Edna’s old age has caused her eyesight to worsen‚ making it hard for her to read small print. Not only should the font be larger‚ it is important that the therapy recommendation is understandable and visually appealing. Edna is not up to date on medical terminology‚ so she often has her pharmacist explain complicated medical terminology in an accessible
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Republic of the Philippines NEGROS ORIENTAL STATE UNIVERSITY Main Campus 1‚ Dumaguete City COLLEGE OF NURSING AND ALLIED HEALTH SCIENCES Case Presentation on: GOUTY ARTHRITIS Partial Fulfillment for the Requirements in Medicine Ward Rotation Submitted to: Mrs. Girlie M. Odonel‚ BSN – RN‚ MAN Clinical Instructor Submitted by: Ian S. Asentista Ma. Rofel L. Cortez Janna Agnes C. Duran Eden A. Manuales Karla Regina M. Reporas Romeo Evan T. Tuban
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