Foot fusion surgery is an operation that fuses one or more joints in the foot into a fixed position. This eliminates joint motion that may cause pain for people with certain conditions, such as ...
If you’ve been noticing that your fingers, elbows and/or knees feel stuck and sore at times, the reason could be arthritis. “Arthritis can best be defined as tenderness and swelling of one or more ...
Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) can lead to structural changes in your body. It’s a type of arthritis that happens when you have the skin disease psoriasis. It might cause your bones to erode or break down.
Arthritis mutilans, a severe form of psoriatic arthritis, leads to tissue and bone breakdown, often linked to genetic factors like HLA-B27. Palindromic rheumatism features episodic joint pain and ...
Arthritis in general is defined as damage to cartilage, the connective tissue that cushions joints, explains Jeffrey Zarin, M.D., an orthopedic surgeon at Cedars-Sinai Kerlan-Jobe Institute. “Think of ...
Few medical conditions seem as inevitable when aging as does arthritis. It's an understandable assumption considering that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that the disorder ...
DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m 68 and have osteoarthritis all over -- neck, spine, hips, knees, shoulders, hands -- and all are getting worse. One hip was replaced two years ago, and my shoulder was replaced ...