Sentences with phrase «of rheumatic diseases»

Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) is the most common PRD, accounting for 75 % to 83 % of rheumatic diseases affecting children.

However, it's important to bear in mind that heart disease risk isn't limited to Ankylosing Spondylitis only; a vast majority of rheumatic diseases are linked with higher odds of cardiovascular diseases.

During his residency training, he extended his interest to the clinical aspect of bone pathologies as well as ocular manifestations of rheumatic diseases and uveitis.

Her current duties as a research assistant to pediatric rheumatologist James Jarvis include finding possible genetic and / or environmental causation to the severity of rheumatic diseases in Native American communities.

«The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced the approval of Inflectra (infliximab - dyyb), the first biosimilar to receive approval in the U.S. for the treatment of rheumatic diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis.

«Arthritis» is commonly used as an umbrella term to refer to a group of rheumatic diseases and related conditions.

Not exact matches

«Double danger: The peril of childbirth for women with rheumatic heart disease.»

Rheumatic fever, which usually starts as strep throat, was essentially eliminated as a life - threatening disease with the use of penicillin in the early 20th century.

Today, most people in the United States rarely think of rheumatic heart disease (RHD)-- or the rheumatic fever that causes it — as more than a historical footnote.

About 25 % of cases of TR are caused by rheumatic disease, endocarditis, carcinoid disease, traumatic injury, or pacemakers / defibrillators.

Patients newly diagnosed with primary SjS (in people with no other rheumatic disease) were around 11 times more likely to have had a prior infection with NTM than a matched group of controls.

Group A Streptococcus are some of the most common bacteria, causing diseases from strep throat to rheumatic fever.

Not only do they cause several million cases of strep throat every year, but also can lead to more severe infections, such as flesh - eating disease and acute rheumatic heart disease,» Kumaraswami said.

Reactivation of HBV may occur with chemotherapy, organ and tissue transplantation, High dose corticosteroids, and biologicals targeting tumor necrosis factor - alpha (TNF - α), Anti-TNF medications are used in treating rheumatic diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis, digestive conditions that include Crohn's and colitis, and dermatologic conditions, such as psoriasis.

JIA is the most common chronic rheumatic disease of childhood, affecting between 20 and 150 children per 100,000 at any one time.

As part of that effort, rheumatologists and cardiologists established Mayo's Cardio - Rheumatology Clinic two years ago to pioneer new heart disease diagnostic, prevention and treatment tools for patients with rheumatoid arthritis and other rheumatic diseases.

In the mid-1940s, the Department of Defense commissioned researchers, led by infectious disease scientist Charles Rammelkamp, to study whether treating strep with penicillin would also prevent rheumatic heart disease, then a serious problem among troops.

Rheumatic diseases are more severe in Native Americans — affecting more joints and the symptoms progressing more rapidly than in Caucasians — but the reasoning for this is poorly understood because most of the medical information is based on Caucasians.

«New medication guidelines for rheumatic disease patients having joint replacement: Guidelines aim to reduce risk of infection after knee or hip replacement.»

A first group consisted of patients with lupus, a systemic chronic rheumatic disease.

Biologic medications should be withheld as close to one dosing cycle as scheduling permits prior to elective hip or knee replacement and restarted after evidence of wound healing, typically 14 days, for all patients with rheumatic diseases.

What is clearly evident in the Swedish health care registers is the fact that those who lack a thymus have an increased incidence of autoimmune diseases in which the immune system attacks the body's own tissue; Type 1 diabetes; thyroid disease; rheumatic disease; and hypersensitivity to gluten.

Rheumatic or connective tissue diseases, generally considered non-fatal, such as rheumatoid arthritis and osteoporosis, accounted for 25 per cent of cases in the new study.

In their search for such a trigger in people who had become narcoleptic, Mignot's group found elevated levels of antibodies to Streptococcus pyogenes, a bacterium that causes strep throat and has been implicated in other autoimmune diseases, such as rheumatic fever.

As a teacher, supervisor, researcher and clinician in health psychology, she brings expertise of being a member of a multidisciplinary team and delivers treatment to patients suffering from a diverse range of disorders including the following: depression, anxiety, trauma, sleep disorders, disorders of self - regulation, stress induced illness, headaches, gastroenterological disorders, rheumatic diseases, cancer, and chronic pain.

The Biobanco - IMM allows the study of the pathogenesis of multiple diseases with enormous impact on human health (such as neurological diseases, rheumatic disorders and cancer), improving the identification of new prognostic and diagnostic tests and new therapeutic targets.

«We're not sure why it's so much more prevalent in women — one thought is that hormones like estrogen make some women's brains more susceptible to sensations of pain,» says Abby Abelson, MD, chair of the department of rheumatic and immunologic diseases at the Cleveland Clinic.

Reportedly, it has been used in the treatment of a number of health conditions which include brittle bone, hair, teeth and nails, white spots on nails, gingivitis, tonsillitis, inflammation of the mucous membranes of the mouth, rheumatic disorders, edema, osteoarthritis, diabetes, acne, wounds, itchiness, rashes, burns, frostbite, chilblains, athlete's foot, cracked and tired feet, drawing out pus from boils and carbuncles, ulcers, fistulas, herpes simplex, dyspepsia (impaired digestion), gastrointestinal conditions, cardiovascular diseases, respiratory tract infections, bronchitis, fever, malaria, bladder problems, urinary tract infection, bed wetting in children, kidney stones (nephrolithiasis), prostate problems, hemorrhoids, muscle cramps, tumors, broken bones, fractures, sprains, nose bleed and other heavy bleeding.

A recent search, in PubMed, reveals well over 50,000 studies on vitamin C and literally dozens of remarkable studies revealing the power of vitamin C to cure diseases, such as, 60 out of 60 cases of polio; 327 out of 327 cases of shingles — in 3 days; 7 out of 7 cases of rheumatic fever and, of course, countless studies illustrating the ability of vitamin C to help cancer patients with «incurable» conditions.

In another related study concerning a rheumatic disease of joints, the shogaol compounds in ginger showed strong anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects.

Used in ancient times to alleviate cramp like symptoms, promote smooth functioning of the endocrine glands, protect joints from wear and tear, alleviate arthritic and rheumatic diseases, and also assists with improving blood circulation, energy, detoxification, reducing inflammation, stabilizing metabolism and improving oxygen use.

Dr. Thite is the President of the local chapter of an organization of Ayurvedic Physicians in India, has been practicing clinically for over 25 years, been a research assistant and has presented papers on Liver diseases, Rheumatic heart disease, Abdominal pain, Diseases of urinary system and diabetes and much more.

Traditional bloodwork, such as standard lipid panels or glucose testing, often fails to adequately capture a patient's health risks before the onset of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, rheumatic states, and other chronic conditions.

Abnormalities of the gastrointestinal tract are commonly found in rheumatic disease... Support for an intestinal origin of antigens comes from studies of patients whose joint symptoms have improved on the avoidance of certain foods antigens, and become worse on consuming them.

The word arthritis literally means joint inflammation, but is often used to refer to a group of more than 100 rheumatic (inflammatory) diseases that can cause pain, stiffness, and swelling in the joints.

Peretz, A., Neve, J., Jeghers, O., and Pelen, F. Zinc distribution in blood components, inflammatory status, and clinical indexes of disease activity during zinc supplementation in inflammatory rheumatic diseases.

According to a government data, «The prevalence of heart failure in India due to coronary heart disease, hypertension, obesity, diabetes and rheumatic heart disease ranges from anywhere between 1.3 to 4.6 million, with an annual incidence of 491,600 to 1.8 million.»

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Pediatric rheumatic diseases (PRDs) are chronic multisystem disorders, involving acute and chronic tissue inflammation of the musculoskeletal system, blood vessels, and skin (Cassidy & Petty, 1995).

Rates of diseases associated with poor environmental health (including water and food borne diseases, trachoma, tuberculosis and rheumatic heart disease)

Rheumatic heart disease is almost uniquely a disease of Aboriginal people in Australia.

A critical aspect is to help communities take ownership of ways to target rheumatic heart disease as a condition requiring attention, provide leadership and training within health services, connect the health service with clients, families and communities, and engage other services outside of the health system.

Australia Aboriginal people living in the Top End of the Northern Territory and the Kimberly regions experience among the highest incidence rates of rheumatic heart disease in the world.

The responsibility for trachoma control, rheumatic fever and a range of other communicable diseases is a core obligation.

The substantial continuing health and social inequalities faced by Indigenous Australians are increasingly well recognised and documented.1 The broad sociocultural influence on serious Indigenous health issues, such as diabetes and rheumatic heart disease, is also well recognised; poverty, lack of cultural security and a paucity of appropriate staff within health services for Indigenous people are evident contributors.2 - 4

The goal of this study was to determine the extent to which parental perceptions of child vulnerability predict school absences and social anxiety in school - age children with rheumatic and pulmonary disease.

Indigenous Australians die from preventable diseases such as rheumatic heart disease, eradicated among the rest of the Australian population and they have lower access to primary health care and health infrastructure that the rest of Australia takes for granted.