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...

This study was conducted by 50 leading family physicians and consultants scattered throughout Pakistan to evaluate efficacy and tolerability of Pirprofen in non-articular rheumatism in Asian populations. A total of 199 subjects suffering from soft tissue rheumatism completed 2 weeks therapy. Evaluation of patient’s condition was made on days 0, 7 and 14, seven target symptoms and signs were eva...

Palindromic rheumatism is very rare in children. The familial occurrence of the disease has been only briefly reported previously. A family is described here in which the mother and her 3 children suffered from typical palindromic rheumatism, which ran a benign course. All 4 members were seronegative and the HLA types of the children were identical. The HLA genotype of the mother was HLA A2, Cw...