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Managing Multiple Rheumatic Diseases: How One Patient Copes with Her Disabilities & Advocates for Others
By the time Kelly Conway was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in 2007, she had already been living with symptoms of the disease for 23 years. Her first symptom appeared when she was 14—knee pain that was incorrectly diagnosed as tendonitis. Over the years, she has experienced fevers and sore joints. She was diagnosed with…
How to Diagnose Shoulder Pain
WASHINGTON, D.C.—A 70-year-old woman had been diagnosed with rotator cuff disease three years earlier and received an array of treatments. What she hadn’t received was an X-ray. She’d had an MRI, and her doctor—not an orthopedist or a rheumatologist, but a primary care physician—had zeroed in on degenerative changes in her rotator cuff. The problem,…
Connective Tissue Disorders Lack Societal Concern, Financial Support
“Love is the bone and sinew of my curse.” —Sylvia Plath Cutting the Cord Here’s the problem: No one grows up wanting to seek the cure for bursitis—or tendonitis or just about any of the other seemingly mundane maladies afflicting our body’s scaffolding. Meniscal tears, fasciitis, tendinopathies—the list is endless. Chances are, your college essay…
HIV Infection: What Rheumatologists Need to Know
It has been nearly 35 years since the original descriptions of what now is recognized as AIDS (the acquired immune deficiency syndrome), an advanced form of infection secondary to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The epidemic of HIV infection remains the singular most dramatic epidemic of our generation and will likely remain with us for…
Podiatry for Rheumatologists: Treating Patients’ Foot Complaints
Tips for diagnosing, managing hallux rigidus, metatarsalgia, neuroma and rear foot problems in rheumatology patients
Under the Radar
A physician–patient’s experience with Sjögren’s syndrome
Speak Out Rheum: Under the Radar
A physician–patient’s experience with Sjögren’s syndrome
What Adult Rheumatologists Need to Know about Juvenile Arthritis
How to recognize distinctions between pediatric and adult arthritis
How to Evaluate Shoulder Pain
The common causes of shoulder pain and diagnostic tests that rheumatologists need to know