atrophic arthritis

atrophic arthritis

n.

Arthritis, usually rheumatoid arthritis, occurring without formation of new bone.

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atrophic arthritis.

See rheumatoid arthritis.

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arthritis (ärthrī´tis),

n any of a number of types of inflammation of a joint or joints.

arthritis, allergic,

n an arthralgia, swelling, and stiffness of joints associated with food and drug allergies and serum sickness.

arthritis, atrophic,

n See arthritis, rheumatoid.

arthritis, bacterial,

n See arthritis, infective.

arthritis, hypertrophic

n See osteoarthritis.

arthritis, infective,

n (bacterial arthritis), a primary and secondary bacterial infection of the joints (e.g., by staphylococcal, gonococcal, streptococcal, or pneumococcal organisms).

arthritis, rheumatic

n an acute polyarticular and migratory arthritis of unknown cause but assumed to be related to group A streptococcal infection of the upper respiratory tract.

arthritis, rheumatoid

n a chronic destructive inflammation of the joints due to an autoimmunity with unknown etiology, with associated systemic manifestations such as weakness, weight loss, anemia, leukopenia, splenomegaly, lymphadenopathy, and the formation of subcutaneous nodules. Chronic synovitis and regressive changes in the articular cartilage occur with pain, swelling, deformity, limitation of motion, and occasionally ankylosis of the joints. Small joints are principally affected, with onset in the third or fourth decade of life.

arthritis, senile,

n an arthritis occurring in persons of advanced age.

arthritis, specific infectious,

n an arthritis caused by direct invasion and subsequent infection of joint structures by microorganisms from the bloodstream. Nearly all pathogenic bacteria have been isolated as etiologic agents.

arthritis, traumatic,

n an acute or chronic inflammation of a joint as a result of acute or chronic injury.

Arthrobacter,

n a genus of a strictly aerobic gram-positive bacteria found in soil and present in dental caries.

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Patient discussion about atrophic arthritis.

Q. My wife suffers from rheumatoid arthritis. what is the best drug therapy? My wife suffers from rheumatoid arthritis. she was diagnosed last week and our physician told us a lot about the optional drug therapies. we understand that there are disease modifying drugs and pain killers. What is a good combination between them? are there any risk factors that we should know?

A. If your car shows you with a warning lamp that there is not enough motor oil around, it helps not that you cover the warning lamp with a sticker to have not this disturbing light in your sight. As long you don't fill up your car with the necessary quantity of motor oil, there will be sooner or later a big problem. The same is with our body. If we don't drink enough water daily, our body will send a sign of alarm in form of pain.

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Q. My GP told me I suffer from osteo-arthritis. What does it mean? I am a 67 year old female that is in retirement. I went to my GP because I suffer from osteo-arthritis. What does it mean? I always thought that arthritis is a systemic disease and that it is called Rheumatoid arthritis. Are there really two different arthritis diseases or is it two names for the same situation?

A. Those are two distinct medical situation, and you can actually have both of them (as I have). Osteo-arthritis is a joint disease of the cartilage, and it is not a systemic disease. The best treatment is weight loss and pain killers. In severe case you can inject steroids to the join. It helped me, but you need an injection every 2 months or so.

Q. Is it for life? I was recently diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, and started taking meds (MTX and others). How long will I have to take these medications?

A. sadly, i can't give you better news then mrfoot56 and brwnis65. these medication are for life. but there are all sort of new treatments that are now researched, using biological ways to reduce the immunoglobolins complexes that accumulates in your joints, here is an article about top 10 advances of 2007:
http://www.arthritis.org/media/newsroom/news-releases/Top_10_Arthritis_Advances_of_2007.pdf