The seven signs of Rheumatoid Arthritis include joint pain, swelling, stiffness, fatigue, fever, loss of appetite, and small joint deformities. Rheumatoid Arthritis is a chronic inflammatory disease that primarily affects the joints, causing pain, swelling, and stiffness. Other common symptoms include fatigue, fever, loss of appetite, and the development of small joint deformities over time. … [Read more…]
The urinary system’s function is to filter blood and create urine as a waste by-product. The organs of the urinary system include the kidneys, renal pelvis, ureters, bladder and urethra. The body takes nutrients from food and converts them to energy. The urinary system is the kidneys of our body’s sewage treatment plant. They filter toxins out of the body, as … [Read more…]
Chronic inflammation is also referred to as slow, long-term inflammation lasting several months to years. Generally, the extent and effects of chronic inflammation vary with the cause of the injury and the ability of the body to repair and overcome the damage. This activity reviews the pathophysiology of chronic inflammation and highlights the role of … [Read more…]
HMSN/Hereditary Motor and Sensory Neuropathy/Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) is slowly progressive neurodegenerative hereditary chronic motor and sensory neuropathy disease and one of a group of disorders that cause damage to the peripheral nerves, the nerves that transmit information and signals from the brain and spinal cord to and from the rest of the body, as well … [Read more…]
A Bankart lesion is an injury of the anterior (inferior) glenoid labrum of the shoulder due to anterior shoulder dislocation. It is characterized as a detachment of the anteroinferior capsulolabral glenoid complex, resulting in loss of labral height and elongation of the anterior band of the inferior glenohumeral ligament.[rx] This anatomical defect was described by Bankart as the “essential lesion,” responsible for the perpetuation … [Read more…]
The Pain is an unpleasant sensation that can range from mild, localized discomfort to agony. Pain has both physical and emotional components. The physical part of pain results from nerve stimulation. Pain may be contained to a discrete area, as in an injury, or it can be more diffuse, as in disorders like fibromyalgia. Pain is … [Read more…]
Jersey Finger (also known as rugby finger) is an avulsion of the flexor digitorium profundus tendon (FDP) from its distal insertion on the distal phalanx (zone I).[rx][rx][rx] The mechanism of injury is typically a forced extension of a flexed digit, such as trying to grab the jersey of an opponent during a high-speed sporting event. … [Read more…]
Wrist arthroscopy has steadily gained prominence as a diagnostic and therapeutic procedure for several wrist and carpal pathologies. Advances in wrist arthroscopy have widened its indications since it was first described in the late 1970s. Aatomy and Physiology The anatomy involved with wrist arthroscopy consists of the radiocarpal joint and the ulnocarpal joint. The carpus … [Read more…]
Medial Meniscus Torn /Medial Meniscus Injury is a crescent-shaped, cartilaginous band found between the medial tibia and medial femur. The primary function is to decrease the amount of stress on the knee joint. The medial meniscus receives vascular supply via a capillary network formed by the medial, lateral and middle geniculate arteries and receives its … [Read more…]
Medial Meniscus Tear/Medial Meniscus Injury is a crescent-shaped, cartilaginous band found between the medial tibia and medial femur. The primary function is to decrease the amount of stress on the knee joint. The medial meniscus receives vascular supply via a capillary network formed by the medial, lateral and middle geniculate arteries and receives its innervation … [Read more…]
ACL Injury/Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury (ACL) is one of 2 cruciate ligaments which aids in stabilization of the knee joint. It is a strong band made of connective tissue and collagenous fibers that originate from the anteromedial aspect of the intercondylar region of the tibial plateau and extends posteromedially to attach to the lateral femoral … [Read more…]
PCL Injury/Posterior Cruciate Ligament Injury (PCL) is one of the four major ligaments of the knee joint that functions to stabilize the tibia on the femur. It originates from the anterolateral aspect of the medial femoral condyle in the area of the intercondylar notch and inserts onto the posterior aspect of the tibial plateau. It functions … [Read more…]