The important characteristic skin finding is keratoderma blennorrhagicum
The important characteristic skin finding is keratoderma blennorrhagicum
At the age of 12 years old the patient experienced symptoms that correlated with rheumatoid arthritis as was…
Acupuncture needling was performed on this visit, as well as gentle stretches performed after the treatment. IW will continue acupuncture and PT. Based on the medical report dated 12/29/16, the patient complains of active lumbar pain, rated 6-7/10 with active and worse right leg radiculopathy, rated 6-8/10. Right leg is noted to have weakness, with history of buckling.…
10/11/15 progress report by Dr. Kofoed indicated that the patient complains of significant anterior left knee pain. The pain is 7-8/10 on pain scale. She describes pain in the lower back and right knee. There is difficulty with walking. PE of the left knee was within normal limits.…
Boucree, the patient has continued complaints of back pain with associated leg radicular pain, right greater than the left. The pain continues to persist, interfering in his quality of life and activities of daily living. Patient also complains of persistent neck and arm radicular pain, and shoulder mechanical pain, which remains manageable. On examination, paraspinal cervical and lumbar tenderness is noted with moderate restriction of the cervical and lumbar spine, secondary to pain with active and passive range of motion with flexion, extension and bilateral lateral bending and rotation. The neurovascular exam is unchanged with 4/5 strength with right knee flexion and right external hallucis longus.…
With rheumatoid arthritis, stiffness and ache in the joints takes place. This famous autoimmune disorder additionally impacts the tissues determined concerning the body, including the center, lungs, muscle groups, blood vessels, and dermis. Osteoarthritis is related to the development of bone spurs and the discount of cartilage placed at the joint, which is as an alternative painful. When a sufferer suffers osteoarthritis, cartilage begins to break down more commonly within the joints located in the neck, knees, diminish again, hips, and…
DOI: 9/22/2006. The patient is a 46-year-old female sales representative who sustained cumulative trauma to her back. Based on the progress report dated 07/26/16, the patient complains of same aching pain of the low back, which radiates to the buttocks and posterior legs. She has numbness at the top of her right foot.…
Assessment: The patient has developed painful post traumatic arthritis to the left ankle. She has large osteophytes to the anterior ankle joint causing impingement and pain with active range of motion. The left ankle fracture is well healed by x-ray evaluation. The most likely diagnosis is post-traumatic osteoarthritis after an open fracture dislocation of the left ankle 20 years ago. In a fracture dislocation of the ankle, the exposed cartilage can be disrupted and lead to osteoarthritis.…
Based on the progress report dated 05/31/16, the patient is still having lower back pain, rated as 5/10 on good days and 7/10 on bad days. She still has hip pain on both sides. She is taking Celebrex for back pain and tramadol is taken 3 times a day. Tramadol…
He reports the lower back pain is a 7/10 and is associated-with pain and numbness radiating to both hips and thighs. The pain is worse with bending, climbing, sitting for 1 hour, and standing for 20 minutes. He is not taking any medication for pain. He had an MRI of the lumbar spine which reported an old compression fracture at L2, degenerative disc disease at L5-S1, and disc bulging at L4-5 and L5-S1. The patient did physical therapy for about 6 months.…
Based on progress report dated 06/04/15, the patient presents with constant and sharp low back pain, which radiates down the right leg posteriorly to his foot with numbness and tingling. Intermittently, he will experience a burning sensation underneath the underside of his right foot. Pain is rated at 7/10 and increased with prolonged sitting/standing, twisting, turning, lifting, bending, pushing or pulling. It is decreased with rest, change…
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) makes osteoarthritis worse and it enables it to work faster because RA attacks the body's own immune system which then makes it easier for osteoarthritis to occur and it also increases the pain osteoarthritis causes. Most people with chronic diseases like rheumatoid arthritis have more than one disease and osteoarthritis is very commonly associated with chronic diseases. Doctors highly recommend exercising to avoid getting any of these…
Osteoarthritis (OA) is one of the most commonly encountered conditions that people over fifty are affected by. Age alone is only one of the primary factors behind OA. Others include genetic predispositions, gender, previous trauma or injuries, workplace environment, obesity and other medical conditions affecting the joint and it's cartilage. The symptoms vary from slight creaks in the joint, pain, swelling and the loss of cartilages between bones. Sitting for longer periods of time can also trigger severe stiffness in the joint.…
Adhesive Capsulitis Adhesive capsulitis is inflammation of the tendons and ligaments surrounding the shoulder joint (shoulder capsule). This condition causes the shoulder to becomes stiff and painful to move. Adhesive capsulitis is also called frozen shoulder. CAUSES This condition may be caused by:…
Proper functioning of joints is crucial for adequate movement, flexibility, and activity. Healthy joints have a critical role in allowing an individual to walk, exercise, and perform daily life tasks. Unfortunately, the joints of the human body can lose their healthy functioning and present a debilitating weakness to the person dealing with a joint disorder and can have devastating affects on the life and well being of a patient [1]. Osteoarthritis (OA), specifically, is a joint disorder that results form cartilage breakdown, as the processes that breakdown cartilage overcome the processes that reform it. The resulting surface of joints appears to be yellow, rough, and eburnated.…
Many think this disease only affects the elderly. Unfortunately I know differently at the age of 11 I started experiencing knee pain. Which lead to to 2 years of being undiagnosed. In 2009 at the age of 13 I found my answer at the Blair Batson hospital for children. I was diagnosed with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis also known as JRA.…