Rheumatoid Hand

Rheumatoid Hand

Rheumatoid Hand is rheumatoid arthritis affecting the hand which mainly involves synovial lining and tendon sheath This disease process will invade and destroys ligaments and tendons Usually DIP is spared Main problems are Tenosynovitis Tendon rupture Joint synovitis Joint arthritis Hand deformities Different stages of Joint involvement in Rheumatoid hand Stage I: Synovitis without deformity […]

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 Management of Rheumatoid arthritis

Management of Rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatoid arthritis is diagnosed through clinical, laboratory, and radiological features and are summarized through different protocols. Diagnosis American College of Rheumatology (ACR)-Criteria-1987 According to the American College of Rheumatology (ACR), Criteria-1987 diagnosis for RA required is 4 out of 7 below mentioned criteria should be there for more than 6 weeks at least Early morning […]

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