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Inflammation of Joints and Bone with Arthritis

When you think of arthritis, you’re probably thinking of inflammation. When you have inflammation, your body releases chemicals into your blood or ...

Acupuncture for Arthritis

No. You may feel a slight prick when the needle is inserted, but it is much less than the prick you feel during a shot, since the needles are much ...

What is Arthroscopy?

Arthroscopy is a surgical procedure doctors use to look at, diagnose, and treat problems inside a joint. The night before arthroscopy, do not drink...

Physical and Occupational Therapy for Arthritis

Physical therapists provide exercises designed to preserve the strength and use of your joints. If you have arthritis, many assistive devices have ...

Swollen Joints (Joint Effusion)

Gouty arthritis usually strikes suddenly, with severe joint pain, swelling, warmth, and redness, often in the big toe (about 50% of cases). Gout ca...

Symptoms of Psoriatic Arthritis

Psoriatic arthritis might affect pairs of joints on both sides of your body, like both of your knees, ankles, hips, and elbows. Pain and stiffness ...

Enthesopathy and Enthesitis

Tendons are the tissues that attach your muscles to your bones. Soreness at the back of your heel caused by enthesitis is sometimes called Achilles...

Using MRI to Diagnose Arthritis

In diagnosing arthritis or other joint disorders, an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scan can be helpful. Personal items such as your watch, walle...

Arthritis and Hip Replacement Surgery

Hip replacement surgery is a procedure in which a doctor surgically removes a painful hip joint with arthritis and replaces it with an artificial j...

Assistive Devices: Living Better with Arthritis

If you’re living with arthritis, certain assistive devices and changes around your home can help you tackle everyday chores with less pain and move...

Arthritis and X-Rays

You will feel no discomfort from the X-ray test. The X-ray machine will send a beam of ionizing radiation through an X-ray tube.

What is Gout? what Causes It?

Gout is a type of arthritis that happens when you have too much uric acid in your blood and it forms sharp crystals in one or more of your joints. ...