joint deformity, pain, and the loss of joint mobility. The joints of the hand are commonly affected, often non-symmetrically but sometimes symmetrically. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an ...

Disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARD) can put RA into remission, preventing bone deformities ... conditions (diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis) and forceful hand activities.

Both these entities have overlapping clinical features, especially when PMR presents with peripheral arthritis in ... However, classical rheumatoid hand deformities of the proximal interphalangeal ...

But stiff fingers sometimes signal other forms of arthritis that benefit from very different treatments and respond best to early intervention. Rheumatoid arthritis typically announces itself ...

From relieving carpal tunnel syndrome to correcting congenital hand deformities, repairing traumatic injuries ... These include obesity, rheumatoid arthritis, gout, diabetes, lupus, and hypothyroidism ...