The present study was also limited due to its inability to verify the presence of unknown factors such as a bony anomaly, an
arthritide or degenerative changes in the TMJ.
For example, how can it be justified that in a system of social health insurance an individual with a debilitating
arthritide other than rheumatoid arthritis should be mandated to pre-fund health care on an income-related basis, yet purchase no care whatsoever for a disease that they have acquired by mere chance?
Persons at most risk of falling including patients with any form of
arthritide, depressive symptoms, orthostasis, impairment in vision, hearing, sensation (especially of the feet), balance, gait, muscle strength and patients consuming four or more medications, including botanical medicines, herbs and over-the-counter remedies.
They integrate the use of different imaging modalities in diagnosing various
arthritides and arthropathies, stressing the application of conventional radiography as the most effective means of demonstrating an articular abnormality and making a specific diagnosis.
Her study included 1,062 PsA patients enrolled during December 2013-December 2014 in the Danish DANBIO registry of patients with inflammatory
arthritides who received treatment with a biological drug.
Synovial fluid PCR is >75% sensitive for Lyme arthritis and might be useful in conjunction with other synovial fluid analyses to differentiate Lyme arthritis from other
arthritides (10,22).
1, 10] Patients with rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis or other mechanical joint disease, reactive arthritis, and other seronegative
arthritides or crystal-associated arthropathy were excluded, as were those with evidence of collagen vascular disease.
Gout and osteoarthritis (OA) are the most common
arthritides, affecting approximately 4% and 10% of the adult population, respectively.
7) DECT shows uniquely color coded aggregates of urate crystals and differentiates gout from other
arthritides like rheumatoid arthritis, pseudo-gout, and pigmented villonodular synovitis in the acute phase.
24, 29) Also individuals with prior joint disease are at risk: exacerbation of psoriatic and seronegative
arthritides in the setting of CHIKV infection have been described.
The section on
arthritides contains recent and reasonably detailed information on inflammatory conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, which includes the most recent 2010 classification criteria.
Because of the pathophysiological and clinical resemblance to inflammatory
arthritides, several disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) have been studied.
