RE: New member..need help & guidance

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Hi

Diagnostic criteria for rheumatic diseases…

http://www.arthritis.co.za/criteria.html

And for RA…

A.

RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS.

1 MORNING STIFFNESS FOR AT LEAST ONE HOUR AND PRESENT FOR AT LEAST SIX WEEKS.

2. SWELLING OF THREE OR MORE JOINTS FOR AT LEAST SIX WEEKS.

3. SWELLING OF WRIST,MCP OR PIP FOR SIX OR MORE WEEKS.

4. SYMMETRICAL JOINT SWELLING.

5. HAND XRAY CHANGES TYPICAL OF RA THAT MUST INCLUDE EROSIONS OR UNEQUIVOCAL

BONY DECALCIFICATION.

6. RHEUMATOID NODULES.

7. SERUM RHEUMATOID FACTOR BY A METHOD POSITIVE IN LESS THAN 5% OF NORMALS.

DOCTOR”S REQUIRE AT LEAST FOUR

CRITERIA.

Sam

-----Original Message-----

From: Sanjay Jorapur

[mailto:sanjayj0@...]

Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 1:14

AM

To:

Rheumatoid Arthritis

Subject:

New member..need help & guidance

Hi all members

My younger brother (28 yrs), has been having the

following symptoms

1. Morning stiffness

2. Pain in the finger joints

3. Pain in the ankles, and feet

4. Stiff back

He is a software professional, and so the doctors

originally throught, it was carpel tunnel syndrome, and operated him on

his middle right finger, for what they said was

some kind of

tissue that had covered over the finger-palm

joint. The surgery

helped him a little bit, and his finger became a

little free

than before, but, very soon, he developed pain in

all the

other joints as mentioned above.

I searched the web, and found that, this groups

could be of

immense help to me, to approach his future

treatment. He has

an appointment with a rheumatologist today. Can

you please

reply, as to what we should be asking the doctor,

and also,

whether his symptoms, indicate zero negative RA.

I would really appreciate, the support and the

information

this group can give, as I find myself, not able to

locate

information so easily.

With lots of thanks

Sanjay

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