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RA and Major Organs

Major organ involvement does not occur in fibromylagia and occurs very rarely in RA. In fact, we have all noticed that lung and heart involvement in RA has decreased to almost non-existent levels over...

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Treatment of Herniated Discs

No. But to my knowledge there has not been a head to head study comparing these 2 agents for herniated discs or other back pain. You might ask your doctor to have you do the comparison yourself. The...

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Arthritis in the Back

MY DAUGHTER IS 30 YEARS OLD AND HAS SOME ARTHRITIS IN HER BACK, I AM VERY CONCERNED THAT SHE IS GETTING THE CORRECT TREATMENT, SHE HAS TAKEN CELEBRIX BUT I WOULD LIKE INFORMATION REGARDING ARTHRITIS...

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WHAT TYPE OF ILNESS IS THIS?

MALE IN LATE 50 LOST TOTAL STRENGTH AND FELLINGS IN ARMS AND NOW LEGS CANOT MOVE AROUND,DOCTORS DONT HAVE AN ANSWER,THIS PATIENT LIVES IN MEXICO,MEXICALI BAJA CALIFORNIA,ALTOUGH HE HAS HAD A LOT OF...

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Success Rate of Surgery With Delay

Unless there is an unusual circumstance, I would expect the success rate to be lower. The procedure called vertebroplasty inserts a balloon into the fractured vertebrae, blows up the balloon to...

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shingles

The technical term for what you have is “post-herpetic neuralgia” which is the pain that occurs even well after the skin lesions of shingles have healed. You should discuss therapies with your doctor....

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Cure for Sciatica?

There is no “cure” for sciatica but a visit to a neurosurgeon or pain specialist may be helpful.  They can do local injections to the affected areas to relieve pain. The post Cure for Sciatica?...

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Aching feet in a 98 year old mom

for my 98 year old mom...do you apply "heat" or "cold" to her aching feet? The post Aching feet in a 98 year old mom appeared first on Johns Hopkins Arthritis Center.

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Tinnitus

Hi, my name's Nicole. I have tinnitus in both my ears and i have since i was younger. I went to a few ENT's and they wanted me to take special pills and do a CAT scan. Sorry if the spellings off. But...

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Frozen shoulder and hormones

This is to alert the medical field in the event no one saw the "red" flag I did. Is research being conducted as to the connection of the Cox-1 and 2 enzymes relating to women in particular (around age...

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