TY  - BOOK
AU  -  Snaith ,Michael
AU  - The Royal Society of Medicine (Great Britain)
TI  - Your guide to arthritis
SN  - 9780340926017
AV  - RC933  .S63 2007
PY  - 2007///
CY  -  London
PB  - Hodder Arnold
KW  - Arthritis Popular works
KW  - Rheumatic Diseases
N1  - includes index; Acknowledgements		ix	
Preface		xi	
Introduction		xiii	
1 Symptoms and signs of arthritis
1	
Symptoms
1	
Colour changes
6	
The weather
7	
2 Osteoarthritis
9	
What is osteoarthritis (OA)?
9	
Spinal OA
18	
Causes
23	
The outcome of OA
25	
Treatment
25	
Self-help
26	
Medication
28	
Surgery
31	
3 Soft tissue problems
33	
Causes
35	
Neck pain
36	
Shoulder pain
40	
Pain in the arm
43	
Problems in the wrist and hand
44	
Pain in the hip and leg
48	
Problems with the foot
49	
Hypermobility
52	
4 Fibromyalgia
57	
Case history
57	
Explanation of symptoms
59	
How is fibromyalgia diagnosed?
61	
How is fibromyalgia treated?
63	
5 Inflammatory arthritis
66	
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA)
66	
The spondylarthropathies
87	
Arthritis in children
97	
Treatment of arthritis in children
99	
6 Gout and crystal arthritis
100	
What is gout?
100	
Symptoms
101	
Patterns of gout
102	
Uric acid and gout
105	
Diet
106	
Treatment
111	
7 Systemic rheumatic diseases
119	
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and related conditions
120	
Scleroderma and systemic sclerosis
140	
Inflammatory muscle disease: polymyositis and dermatomyositis
146	
Sj��gren's syndrome
148	
Systemic vasculitis
152	
8 Arthritis and infection
161	
Septic arthritis
162	
Types of reactive or infection-associated arthritis
164	
9 Bone conditions
169	
Osteoporosis
169	
Osteomalacia
172	
Paget's disease
173	
10 Treatment �� and what to expect		174	
Lifestyle
175	
Diet, herbal and complementary medical products
179	
The medical treatment of arthritis: what can a patient expect?
185	
11 Investigations and laboratory tests		195	
Further help		200	
Glossary		203	
Index		213
N2  - A guide that includes vital facts, advice and support for arthritis sufferers and their carers
ER  -