Arthritis By: Shelli Wagner & Mindy Sar NURS 221 06/07/2013 Arthritis is an inflammation of one or more joints. A joint is the area where two bones meet (Teitel‚ 2012). According to LeMone and Burke (2008)‚ there are more than 100 different types of arthritis‚ but the most common are osteoarthritis‚ rheumatoid arthritis‚ systemic lupus erythematosus‚ and gout (pg. 1433). This disease affects people of all ages‚ races‚ and ethnic groups. It is commonly seen in adults 65
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Arthritis is a disease that in some way effects everyone. Whether you have arthritis or not‚ chances are‚ you know someone who does and can see the effect it has on them. There are some common misconceptions about arthritis‚ types of arthritis‚ and the causes. There are in fact some different types of the disease that most people don’t know about. Arthritis is a general term for approximately 100 diseases that produce either inflammation of connective tissues‚ particularly in joints‚ or non-inflammatory
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Rheumatoid Arthritis APHY 101 April 18‚ 2011 Rheumatoid Arthritis Rheumatoid Arthritis is normally a disease we consider for an older person but as Joan Rooney states‚ “Most people who have it develop it in their 50s and 60s‚ but some experience symptoms in their 20s and 30s---or even younger.” (62) Even though we don’t know the cause we do know that it is a connective tissue disease that affects any of the synovial joints. “The disease can be characterized by progressive disability‚ severe
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Search choice: I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis when I was around nineteen years old. Before getting diagnosed‚ I had no idea that people my age can get also get arthritis. Since it’s something I might have to deal with for a long time‚ I decided to educate myself further upon the topic. Keywords used and results: I searched up “Rheumatoid Arthritis” which gave me 20‚400‚000 results. Website reviewed: I looked around quite a bit for a good website. Most of the websites just seems to talk
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Disease Term Paper: Rheumatoid Arthritis Qaini Abidi Biology 106 Tracy Gray March 11‚ 2013 Rheumatoid Arthritis is an auto immune disorder‚ which means body’s immune system mistakenly attacks healthy tissue. RA is a long-term disease that leads to inflammation of joints and surrounding tissues‚ also other organs. It could occur at any age‚ and mostly common in middle age (30-40 yrs.). Women are likely to get RA more than men. Infection‚ genes‚ hormone changes may be linked to the disease
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Fibroadenoma in Gynecomastia Following Low Dose Methotrexate Therapy for Rheumatoid Arthritis in a 48-Year-Old Man Benign proliferation of glandular tissue in the male breast is a common disorder. Approximately one third of normal adult men are affected‚ most often after 50 years of age [1]. Some pathologic cases of breast enlargement are the result of renal ‚ hepatic‚ nutritional‚ or endocrine dysfuction‚ and several drugs have also been implicated in the origin of gynecomastia [2]. Methotrexate
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Rheumatoid Arthritis affects between 0.5 to 1% of adults in the developed world with between 5 and 50 per 100‚000 people newly developing the condition each year .In RA‚ the inflammatory process develops in the tissue of the synovial membrane‚ which plays a substantial role in the nourishment of a vascular hyaline cartilage in synovial joints. The inflammatory process involves the synovial membrane of articular capsules‚ recesses in the joint cavity‚ and bursae. Joint cartilage is gradually damaged
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HISTORY Organized in 1948 as the Arthritis and Rheumatism Foundation‚ the organization’s name was changed in 1964 to the Arthritis Foundation.[23] The following year‚ the American Rheumatism Association (ARA) merged with the Foundation. In 1965‚ an additional professional society‚ Allied Health Professions‚ was established within the Foundation; its name was changed to the Arthritis Health Professions Association (AHPA) in 1980. The American Juvenile Arthritis Organization (AJAO) was established
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common as Arthritis is‚ it is not very well understood. Arthritis is several diseases that refer to joint pain and diseases. There are currently over one hundred instances of arthritis related conditions. Individuals of all types‚ age and sex are susceptible to arthritis and it is and this debilitating disease leads in causing disability in America. Over 60 million adults and children suffer from some form of arthritis‚ but it occurs more frequently in women and the elderly. Arthritis affects the
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Treating Psoriatic Arthritis with Drugs Psoriasis is a condition which is characterized with red patches on the skin‚ topped with silver scales‚ however‚ people with psoriasis arthritis are firstly diagnosed with psoriasis and later on they may develop psoriasis arthritis. What is psoriasis arthritis (PsA)? Psoriasis arthritis is a form of inflammatory arthritis which develops in about 30% of the people suffering from psoriasis. The disease attacks the joints and the skin due to the attack of the
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