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Anti-Inflammatory Diet
The term “anti-inflammatory diet” has become a pillar in modern healthcare, driven by the emphasis on holistic and functional medicine principles. Holistic medicine is a full-picture approach in which the patient’s mind, body, spirit and emotions are considered during treatment [1]. Whilst functional medicine treats the…
Psoriatic Arthritis: What You Need To Know…
Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) is a chronic inflammatory condition affecting 0.1% to 1% of the population, impacting over 20% of psoriasis patients. Symptoms include joint pain, swelling, and skin lesions, often occurring cyclically. It typically develops post-30 and requires a combination of physical evaluations and imaging for…
Vitamin D & Your Immune Health: What You Should Know
How Vitamin D Supports the Immune System Vitamin D works on many immune cells to reduce excessive inflammation while still fighting infections effectively [1],[6]. It helps boost natural defenses by supporting skin and gut barriers and increasing natural antimicrobial chemicals in the body. Vitamin D encourages the creation of…
Treatment of an autoimmune inflammatory arthritis
There are many diseases which fall into the group of conditions known as autoimmune inflammatory arthritis such as rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematous, psoriasis with psoriatic arthritis, vasculitis and many others. The treatment of an autoimmune inflammatory arthritis involves multiple approaches. These include: These different approaches…
The Rheumatologist
A rheumatologist manages patients who are suffering from various autoimmune and inflammatory rheumatic disorders. This group of conditions could affect almost any organ system of the body such as the muscles, joints, bones etc. Most conditions which cause joint pain, swelling or stiffness fall into this…
Early Assessment
Most people who complain of joint pain do not take their symptoms seriously unless they are severe. They usually prefer to monitor their symptoms thinking that it may be related to some activity, bad sleeping position, a “strain” and various other reasons. They may try using…
Understanding Arthritis
For more than 20 years I have been managing patients who are suffering from different types of arthritis. It has been my experience that most of these patients were unable to say what is the exact diagnosis that they were treated for or are being treated…
Rheumatology TT 