In the world of diseases, psoriatic arthritis is a double-edged sword. On one end you have the inflammation, joint pain, stiffness, and swelling that comes courtesy of arthritis. On the other end are the hallmark red, itchy, scaly patches of skin that psoriasis brings (consider yourself doubly blessed). According to the National Psoriasis Foundation, psoriatic arthritis affects about one million people in the United States. Most people with the disease develop psoriasis first and arthritis later. And it doesn’t take much for one disease to turn into the other especially in the way of the psoriasis. “When I think someone has psoriatic arthritis, I ll go on a rash hunt, and a lot of times, the only thing I’ll find is a little patch of psoriasis behind the ears,” says Martin Bergman, M.D., chief of the division of rheumatology at Taylor Hospital in Ridley Park, PA and clinical professor of medicine at Drexel University College of Medicine.
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Dr Abuelmagd Abdalla, Rheumatology Specialist Registrar, and
Prof. Geraldine McCarthy, Consultant Rheumatologist, both of them in the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital Dublin, highlight that patients with the most common form of inflammatory arthritis in adults are not always treated according to guidelines and treatment recommendations
Gout is the most common form of inflammatory arthritis in adults.1 Gout prevalence is rising in the last few decades worldwide with an estimated prevalence of 3.9 per cent in the United States,2 0.9 – 2.4 per cent in Europe,3,4 and even higher in regions such as East Asia, wherein a country like Taiwan, 1 in 16 people has gout.5
Juvenile inflammatory rheumatic disease associated with higher antibody responses to seasonal coronaviruses
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pathogen behind the current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is a coronavirus of the betacoronavirus family. However, there are other human seasonal coronaviruses that cause endemic human infection, with mild common cold symptoms. The spectrum of SARS-CoV-2 infection also ranges from mild symptoms like a runny nose, nasal congestion or mild fever, to severe gastrointestinal or respiratory disease, sometimes terminating in multi-organ failure.
SARS-CoV-2 vs HCoV-OC43 infection
The complications of COVID-19 are observed in less than a tenth of patients, with risk factors for these including male sex, advanced age, ethnic background, lack of healthcare access, and pre-existing conditions. The majority of infections are asymptomatic.
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Drug firmUnichem Laboratories on Wednesday said it has received approval from the US health regulator to market its generic Celecoxib capsules used for treatment of osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and acute pain. The company has received abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) approval for its Celecoxib capsules in the strengths of 50 mg, 100 mg, 200 mg, and 400 mg from the United StatesFood and Drug Administration (USFDA),Unichem said in a filing to BSE. The capsules are generic versions of GD Searle LLC s Celebrexcapsules in the same strengths, it added. The product will be commercialized from the company s Goa plant, the filing said. Celecoxib capsules are indicated for treatment of osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, acute pain and primary dysmenorrhea, it added.