Category Archives: 2015

by Manjit Saluja SUMMARY POINTS: Every life form in this universe requires energy to survive and grow. The earth needs the right amount of sunshine, moisture, rain and seeds to flourish. Similarly it is food that enables human beings to live, rejuvenate, function and of course to perpetuate the race. But food besides being a […]

by Dr Arvind Chopra SUMMARY POINTS: Note: Treatment of RA and AS begin with providing relief of pain using analgesics and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID). However, there are several other targets like inflammation swelling of joints, control of immune mediated inflammatory process, osteoporosis, anemia, poor health, preventing joint deformities and disability. RA is a systemic […]

by Dr Vinaya Kunjir Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is characterized by multiple painful swollen joints which progress to loss of function and deformities. RA also causes general constitutional symptoms of fever, loss of body weight, fatigue and often complication by anaemia, osteoporosis (thinning of bone) and premature heart diseases like heart attacks and strokes. The cause […]

by Dr. Vaijayanti Lagoo-Joshi Sonali, my patient for RA for last 6 months, looked especially worried that day. Sonali, a young dynamic graduate of 22, always looked forward towards her bright prospects. RA almost always affects morale of many patients but Sonali’s expression on that day prompted me to ask her straight away – “What’s […]

by Dr Anuradha Venugopalan More than for most other diseases, the diagnosis and treatment of arthritis require a hands-on approach. By examining your tender joints and muscles and listening to your description of your symptoms and their severity, a doctor can usually get a pretty good idea of what’s going on inside your body. But […]

by Dr Nachiket Kulkarni Rheumatoid Arthritis has been known to mankind since early time of medical descriptions. Disease with joint pains and crippling deformities is how it has been described. This description is pretty much spot on! But is it a complete one? Not really! Rheumatoid Arthritis is not just a disease of joints. It’s […]

by Dr Nagnath Khadke Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the most common chronic inflammatory arthritis. It is characterized by pain, swelling and stiffness in multiple small and large joints of upper and lower limbs.It can lead to joint destruction and deformities leading to physical disability and significantly affects quality of life. Although primarily RA affects joints, […]

by Dr Abraham Mohan Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease that causes chronic inflammation of joints. Autoimmune diseases are illnesses that occur when body’s tissues are mistakenly attacked by their own immune system. The immune system contains a complex organization of cells and antibodies designed normally to "seek and destroy" invaders of the body, […]