{"id":416,"date":"2017-03-26T14:07:10","date_gmt":"2017-03-26T14:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/rheumatology-and-musculoskeletal\/rheumatoid-arthritis\/"},"modified":"2023-01-24T11:25:26","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T11:25:26","slug":"rheumatoid-arthritis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/rheumatology-and-musculoskeletal\/rheumatology\/rheumatoid-arthritis\/","title":{"rendered":"Rheumatoid arthritis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-blue\">\n<h4>Data gathering<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Red flags &#8211; fever, weight loss<\/li>\n<li>Others &#8211; swelling, eye symptoms, breathing problems, skin rashes, morning stiffness, mood<\/li>\n<li>Examine &#8211; joints (MCP), grip, sensation, nails<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"content-box-blue\">\n<h4>Clinical management<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Investigations\n<ul>\n<li>Bloods &#8211; FBC, ESR, CRP, anti-CCP<\/li>\n<li>XR<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Explanation\n<ul>\n<li>Arthritis means irritation of joints. In RA, the immune system attacks tissues of the joints &#8211; main symptoms are pain and stiffness of the joints<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Treatment\n<ul>\n<li>Refer to Rheum &#8211; should be seen within 3 months for medications (DMARDs + steroids)<\/li>\n<li>Analgesia<\/li>\n<li>Physiotherapy, occupational therapy<\/li>\n<li>Vaccinations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Follow-up \/ Safety net\n<ul>\n<li>yearly RA review<\/li>\n<li>methotrexate monitoring<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Data gathering Red flags &#8211; fever, weight loss Others &#8211; swelling, eye symptoms, breathing problems, skin rashes, morning stiffness, mood Examine &#8211; joints (MCP), grip, sensation, nails &nbsp; Clinical management Investigations Bloods &#8211; FBC, ESR, CRP, anti-CCP XR Explanation Arthritis means irritation of joints. In RA, the immune system attacks tissues of the joints &#8211; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/rheumatology-and-musculoskeletal\/rheumatology\/rheumatoid-arthritis\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rheumatoid arthritis<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2019,"menu_order":162,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-416","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=416"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/416\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2025,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/416\/revisions\/2025"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}