Rheumatoid Arthritis: Treatments

  • Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis - Home Treatment

    06/25/08, Healthwise

    Living with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA), a childhood disease that causes inflamed, swollen joints, often means making lifestyle changes and adjustments. This can be frustrating and demanding for you, your child, and your famil

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  • Arthritis: Managing rheumatoid arthritis

    08/18/08, Healthwise

    Living with rheumatoid arthritis can mean living with chronic pain, fatigue, and joint stiffness. Thousands of people have benefited from developing and following plans to help them manage their symptoms. You and your health professional

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  • Gold salts for rheumatoid arthritis

    08/18/08, Healthwise

    It is not understood exactly how gold works to treat rheumatoid arthritis. But gold salts appear to accumulate slowly in the body and, over time, they reduce inflammation and slow the progression of rheumatoid arthritis.

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  • Arthroplasty for rheumatoid arthritis

    08/18/08, Healthwise

    Arthroplasty is surgery done to reconstruct or replace a diseased joint. For rheumatoid arthritis, arthroplasty is done to restore function to a joint or correct a deformity. Bones in a joint can be reshaped, or all or part of the joi

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  • Arthroscopy for rheumatoid arthritis

    08/18/08, Healthwise

    Arthroscopy is a type of joint surgery in which a thin tube with a light source (called an arthroscope) is inserted into the joint through a small incision (cut) in the skin, allowing the doctor to see the inside of the joint. Instruments

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  • Synovectomy for rheumatoid arthritis

    08/18/08, Healthwise

    Synovectomy surgery is done to remove inflamed joint tissue (synovium) that is causing unacceptable pain or is limiting your ability to function or your range of motion. Ligaments and other structures may be moved aside to access and remo

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  • Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis - Treatment Overview

    06/25/08, Healthwise

    The goals of medical treatment for juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) are to reduce your child's joint pain and to prevent disability. Physical therapy and medicine are the basis of medical treatment for JRA, also called juvenile idi

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  • Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis - Surgery

    06/25/08, Healthwise

    Surgical treatment may be used in a very small number of children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) who have severe joint deformity, loss of movement, or pain. Surgery is a possible treatment option if your child has not improv

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  • Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis - Other Treatment

    06/25/08, Healthwise

    Physical and occupational therapy are vital to the successful management of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA). Maintaining good joint function and range of motion and being able to do daily tasks help a child who has JRA develop

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