OBJECTIVE Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) arthritis in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is extremely common but frequently asymptomatic. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with contrast remains the gold standard for identifying TMJ arthritis in JIA. A reliable scoring system with published MRI examples of typical acute and chronic TMJ arthritis changes will be invaluable for future...

INTRODUCTION Arthritis is related to poor health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in adults aged 18 years or older. We sought to determine whether this relationship persisted in an older population using claims-based arthritis diagnoses and whether people who also had arthritis and at least 1 of 5 other chronic conditions had lower HRQoL. METHODS We identified adults aged 65 years or older wit...

inequities in health need to be monitored and necessary actions should be taken to reduce them. this study aimed to determine the socioeconomic distribution of self-reported chronic diseases and self-assessed health (sah) in turkey and try to evaluate the determinants of such inequalities in terms of their contributions.cross-sectional data from the turkish health survey conducted during year 2...

Background: Rheumatoid Arthritis and Chronic Periodontitis are two chronic inflammatory disorders which share a similar pathophysiology. Previously many studies have proposed a relationship between both the diseases. Therefore, the aim of the study was to explore the co-relation between grading of Rheumatoid arthritis and severity of chronic periodontitis in south Indian population. Material An...

A GREAT variety of affections is included under the term rheumatism. Among the public, and even in the profession, any painful condition is apt to be considered as rheumatic. In joint affections especially there is a wonderful vagueness about the use of the terms chronic rheumatism, rheumatoid arthritis, arthritis deformans, osteo-arthritis, and rheumatic gout. This is not to be wondered at, ho...

I is one of the important causes for the inflammation of the joint (arthritis). Microorganisms which include bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites can cause arthritis, which can be acute or chronic. Acute arthritis is generally caused by pyogenic bacteria and termed as septic arthritis. Chronic arthritis is generally caused by mycobacteria and fungi. In reactive arthritis and other forms of sp...

OBJECTIVES This analysis examined the incidence rate of chronic arthritis adverse reactions reported following adult rubella and hepatitis B vaccinations. In this analysis, etiologic mechanisms for chronic arthritis following adult rubella and hepatitis B vaccines were also explored. METHODS The Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS) database was analyzed for the incidence rate of re...