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Prevent Joint Damage from Rheumatoid Arthritis

When your rheumatoid arthritis flares up, it's important to prevent damage to your joints. Because treatment for rheumatoid arthritis has improved ...

Why Am I Losing My Voice?

Each time you talk or sing, you use different muscles, including some in your mouth and throat. It's not a disease, but a catch- all word that mean...

Vasculitis

Vasculitis is a general term for several conditions that cause inflammation in your blood vessels. Doctors don’t know what causes many cases of vas...

What is Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis?

If a child, or a teen younger than 16, has joint inflammation and stiffness for more than 6 weeks, it may be juvenile idiopathic arthritis, formerl...

What is Felty's Syndrome?

Another theory is that your immune system attacks your white blood cells by mistake. It controls the amount of white blood cells in your body and p...

Lyme Disease: Important Facts to Know

Lyme disease is a bacterial infection. Use a tick control product on your pet to prevent Lyme disease. In most Lyme infections, one of the first sy...