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What is Bursitis?
If you find yourself with inflammation around the joint, also known as Bursitis, it can be incredibly painful. It limits day-to-day movement, making simple tasks seem impossible and stopping life in its tracks. Treatments and prevention methods are available to stop...
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Common Symptoms of Toe Joint Pain
Toe joint pain is not something all people with arthritis suffer with, but for some it can be the first sign of the condition. The condition more commonly attacks the joints in your hands, knees and hips but it can happen at any part of the body where joints exist....
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Different Steroid Injection Options for Arthritis Patients
Steroids are naturally occurring elements in the human body. However, some patients may be given artificial steroids in the form of a steroid injection. Steroid injection treatment can reduces inflammation and in turn minimise the pain for people with arthritis and...
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Interview with Dr Stephanie Barrett in The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph Interview in The Daily Telegraph (Tuesday 8th January 2019) with Dr Stephanie Barrett discussing Rheumatoid Arthritis - Early diagnosis key to battling painful disease. The full interview can be found below... Rheumatoid arthritis is an...
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Gout – Treating, Relieving and Preventing the Problem of Gout
Gout is a form of arthritis and is caused by high levels of uric acid that results in crystals forming within and around a joint. When your body produces high levels of uric acid or if your kidneys cannot filter it out, it can result in a build up. When this occurs,...
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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Test – All You Need to Know
Lupus is an Autoimmune disease and that means that the defence system of your body creates antibodies. These antibodies then attack the tissue of the body and that leads to inflammation. There are two main types of Lupus known as Discoid Lupus and Systemic Lupus...
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Inflammatory Arthritis – All that You Need to Know About the Disease
Inflammation of the joints and surrounding tissues are often clear signs of inflammatory arthritis. This is a group of diseases that includes rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis as well as many more. What Causes Inflammatory Arthritis?...
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Joint Injections – What you Need to Know and How to Prepare
If you are suffering from joint pain as a result of an injury or arthritis, joint injections are often given to help with the pain and swelling. This will involve having a steroid injection in the troublesome joint that can help to reduce pain and swelling. The pain...
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Rheumatoid Arthritis – The Early Symptoms You Should Look For
What is Rheumatoid Arthritis? Rheumatoid arthritis is known as an autoimmune disorder and it can cause problems with the joints through inflammation. It starts with minor symptoms that might appear periodically on both sides of the body. However, these symptoms then...
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Musculoskeletal Pain – The Causes and the Symptoms
Musculoskeletal pain causes problems for the bones, muscles, ligaments, tendons and nerves. The pain can range from being minor right through to chronic and it can either be localised or in a number of areas of the body. The most common form of musculoskeletal pain is...
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M.B.C H.B, M.D, FRCP
GMC No. 2825957
President of the Royal Society of Medicine, Rheumatology Division, 2017-18