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Myasthenia gravis

May 3, 2012 - posted by Admin, 0 likes, 0 followers, 2 members, 666 views

Myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune neuromuscular disease leading to fluctuating muscle weakness and fatiguability. It is an autoimmune disorder, in which weakness is caused by circulatingantibodies th... more
Others Rheumatic Disorders

April 2, 2012 - posted by Admin, 0 likes, 0 followers, 16 members, 766 views
Osteosarcoma

March 4, 2012 - posted by Admin, 0 likes, 0 followers, 3 members, 142 views

Osteosarcoma is an aggressive malignant neoplasm arising from primitive transformed cells of mesenchymal origin (and thus a sarcoma) that exhibit osteoblastic differentiation and produce malignant ost... more
Behçet's Disease

June 7, 2011 - posted by Admin, 0 likes, 0 followers, 2 members, 641 views

Behçet's disease is a rare, systemic, form of vasculitis (or inflammation of the blood vessels)that often presents with mucous membrane ulceration, and ocular involvements. As a systemic disease, it a... more
Relapsing Polychondritis

June 7, 2011 - posted by Admin, 0 likes, 0 followers, 1 member, 515 views

Relapsing polychondritis is an uncommon, multisystem disease that can be life-threatening, debilitating, and difficult to diagnose. It is characterized by recurrent, potentially severe, and frightenin... more
Anaphylactoid Purpura, Purpura Rheumatica,

June 7, 2011 - posted by Admin, 0 likes, 0 followers, 1 member, 669 views

Henoch–Schönlein purpura (HSP), is a disease of the skin and other organs that most commonly affects children. In the skin, the disease causes palpable purpura (small hemorrhages); often with joint an... more
Cryoglobulinaemia

June 7, 2011 - posted by Admin, 0 likes, 0 followers, 1 member, 516 views

Cryoglobulinaemia is a medical condition in which the blood contains large amounts of cryoglobulins - proteins that become insoluble at reduced temperatures. Cryoglobulins typically precipitate at tem... more
Wegener's Granulomatosis (WG)

June 7, 2011 - posted by Admin, 0 likes, 0 followers, 1 member, 548 views

Wegener's granulomatosis (WG), more recently granulomatosis with polyangiitis, is a form of vasculitis (inflammation of blood vessels) that affects the nose, lungs, kidneys and other organs. Due to it... more
Polymyalgia Rheumatica

June 7, 2011 - posted by Admin, 0 likes, 0 followers, 1 member, 492 views

Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR), is a syndrome with pain or stiffness, usually in the neck, shoulders, and hips. The pain can be very sudden, or can occur gradually over a period of time. It may be caus... more
Polyarteritis Nodosa

June 7, 2011 - posted by Admin, 0 likes, 0 followers, 1 member, 618 views

PAN is a multisystem disease that may present with fever, sweats, weight loss, and severe muscle and joint aches/pains. PAN may develop in a subacute fashion, over several weeks or months. Patients ma... more
Sjögren's syndrome

June 6, 2011 - posted by Admin, 0 likes, 0 followers, 1 member, 436 views

Sjögren's syndrome, is a systemic autoimmune disease in which immune cells attack and destroy the exocrine glands that produce tears and saliva.
Nine out of ten Sjögren's patients are women.
Sjögren'... more
Mixed Connective Tissue Disease

June 6, 2011 - posted by Admin, 0 likes, 0 followers, 1 member, 477 views

Is a disorder characterized by features of systemic lupus erythematosus, systemic sclerosis, and polymyositis.Raynaud's syndrome, joint pains, various skin abnormalities, weakness, and problems with i... more
Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies Polymyositis, Dermatomyositis

June 6, 2011 - posted by Admin, 0 likes, 0 followers, 1 member, 520 views

Polymyositis is one of a group of muscle diseases known as the inflammatory myopathies, which are characterized by chronic muscle inflammation accompanied by muscle weakness. Polymyositis affects skel... more
Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma)

June 6, 2011 - posted by Admin, 0 likes, 0 followers, 1 member, 499 views

Scleroderma is a chronic systemic autoimmune disease (primarily of the skin) characterized by fibrosis (or hardening), vascular alterations, and autoantibodies. There are two major forms: Limited syst... more
Lupus, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

June 6, 2011 - posted by Admin, 2 likes, 0 followers, 9 members, 751 views

Often abbreviated to SLE or lupus, is a systemic autoimmune disease that can affect any part of the body. As occurs in other autoimmune diseases, the immune system attacks the body's cells and tissue,... more
Adult-onset Still's Disease

June 6, 2011 - posted by Admin, 0 likes, 0 followers, 1 member, 533 views

Adult-onset Still's disease is a rare form of inflammatory arthritis. The underlying cause is unknown. It usually presents with high spiking fevers, joint and muscle pains, a salmon colored rash and o... more
Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)

June 6, 2011 - posted by Admin, 3 likes, 0 followers, 19 members, 1,556 views

Is a chronic, systemic inflammatory disorder that may affect many tissues and organs, but principally attacks synovial joints. The process produces an inflammatory response of the synovium (synovitis)... more
Plantar Fasciitis

June 6, 2011 - posted by Admin, 3 likes, 0 followers, 9 members, 903 views

The plantar fascia is a thick fibrous band of connective tissue originating on the bottom surface of the calcaneus (heel bone) and extending along the sole of the foot towards the five toes. It is com... more
Ankle Sprain

June 6, 2011 - posted by Admin, 1 like, 0 followers, 4 members, 711 views

An ankle sprain is an injury to one or more ligaments in the ankle, usually on the outside of the ankle. Ligaments are bands of tissue – like rubber bands – that connect one bone to another and bind t... more
Bone Fracture

June 6, 2011 - posted by Admin, 1 like, 0 followers, 7 members, 847 views

A bone fracture (sometimes abbreviated FRX or Fx, Fx, or #) is a medical condition in which there is a break in the continuity of the bone. A bone fracture can be the result of high force impact or st... more
Overuse Knee Injuries

June 6, 2011 - posted by Admin, 0 likes, 0 followers, 2 members, 745 views

Overuse knee injuries are usually caused by increasing the intensity or duration of an activity increasing too quickly.
Overuse knee injuries include knee tendonitis, knee bursitis, iliotibial band sy... more
Patellofemoral Syndrome

June 6, 2011 - posted by Admin, 0 likes, 0 followers, 1 member, 544 views

Patellofemoral syndrome is pain in the front of the knee. It frequently occurs in teenagers, manual laborers, and athletes. It sometimes is caused by wearing down, roughening, or softening of the cart... more
Lateral & Medial Epicondylitis ( Tennis Elbow )

June 6, 2011 - posted by Admin, 0 likes, 0 followers, 1 member, 444 views

These disorders are better known by their sports associations : “tennis elbow” and “golf elbow”, respectively. The condition are caused by overuse, and the pain results from minor tears in the tendons... more
Rotator Cuff Disorders

June 6, 2011 - posted by Admin, 1 like, 0 followers, 2 members, 639 views

A group of four tendons that stabilize the shoulder joint and move the shoulder in various directions. A common cause of shoulder pain, rotator cuff disease can be due to trauma, inflammation or degen... more

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