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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The shoulder pain and disability index (SPADI) is defined as “a self-administered questionnaire consisting of items grouped into pain and disability subscales”. (2) The questionnaire is designed to calculate current shoulder pain and disability in an outpatient setting. The SPADI has progressed to being able to test mixed diagnoses such as Subacromial impingement syndrome‚ adhesive capsulitis and joint replacement surgery. There are two version’s used to score a patient’s pain and disability. In
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Osteomyelitis What once was considered an incurable condition‚ osteomyelitis is inflammation of bone‚ bone marrow‚ and the soft tissue surrounding the bone caused by infection. The infection can start in the bone by spreading from nearby tissue or traveling through the bloodstream. This infection can also develop in the bone itself if the bone is exposed to germs in any way. Osteomyelitis can be classified as chronic or acute and the treatment for both depends on many factors (“Osteomyelitis”‚ 2014)
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DOI: 02/03/2011. Patient is a 43-year-old male bus driver who sustained a right arm/hand/finger injury from repetitive driving. Patient is diagnosed with right carpal tunnel syndrome and right shoulder partial thickness rotator cuff tear with impingement‚ spurs‚ bursitis‚ and tendinitis. He is status post right carpal tunnel release with residuals‚ status post right thumb metacarpophalangeal joint ulnar collateral reconstruction with residuals‚ and status post right thumb base fusion with residuals
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Parents are one of the largest motivating and influencing factors on children; they are role models‚ heroes‚ and even best friends to their beloved children. Imagine an instance where a young girl in the third grade is eagerly waiting for her mother to pack her lunch in the morning and send her off to the school bus. However‚ the mother unfortunately is just not able to wake up in time in the morning due to achy‚ painful‚ and stiff joints; The young girl dejectedly walks herself to the school bus
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Massage Therapy and Plantar Fasciitis Plantar fasciitis is a chronic irritation‚ tendinosis‚ and inflammation of the plantar fascia on the bottom of your foot. People complain of a sharp heel pain that is worse in the morning when getting out of bed. One person called it an "ice pick" though the foot every morning. Commonly it is less painful while someone is moving around but returns after resting. Plantar fasciitis commonly occurs in people who spend significant amounts of time standing or walking
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The patient interviewed is a 72 year old Caucasian male. He was in the grocery business for 40 plus years and served in the Vietnam War in 1967-1968.The patient has suffered from back pain for many years‚ part due to war related injuries and part due to many years of heavy lifting in the grocery business. The patient is considered 100% disabled by the VA health care system. This pain has also increased pain in other regions of the body such as the neck and knees. When asked to rate pain using the
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Facet Syndrome Facet syndrome is a condition in which joints (facet joints) that connect the bones of the spine (vertebrae) become damaged. Facet joints help the spine move‚ and they usually wear down (degenerate) or become inflamed as you age. This can cause pain and stiffness in the neck (cervical facet syndrome) or in the lower back (lumbar facet syndrome). When a facet joint becomes damaged‚ a vertebra may slip forward‚ out of its normal place in the spine. Damage to a facet joint can also
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Rheumatoid Arthritis(RA) is the most common type of autoimmune arthritis and occurs when your immune system mistakenly attacks your own body’s tissues. It is also an autoimmune disease which means that certain cells of the immune system do not work properly and start attacking healthy tissues. It is an autoimmune disease that causes chronic inflammation of the joints and other areas of the body. It is triggered by a faulty immune system and affects the wrist and small joints of the hand‚ including
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Nicole Sengdetka Professor Tsoukalis BIO 105-E2 1 December 2010 Rheumatoid Arthritis Rheumatoid arthritis is a type of arthritis that has no known cure or exact cause. It is a chronic inflammatory disorder that affects the joints and surrounding tissues as well as affecting other organs in the body. Rheumatoid arthritis often called RA is also classified as an "autoimmune disease in which the immune system mistakes the bodies own substances and cells for foreign invaders and releases friendly
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