Results for "Rheumatology"

Maybe one day you wake up with an ache in your fingers or at the base of your thumb. Or you feel a stab of pain when you pick up a dinner plate, cut your...

Do you have a bout with gout? You aren’t alone. Gout is a painful form of arthritis that affects millions of people. It causes flare-ups of joint pain...

We often use the word “arthritis” as a shorthand term for “osteoarthritis.” That’s a type of arthritis where people—usually older people—have joint stiffness...

Most of us have heard the phrase “you are what you eat.” Taken literally, how many of our kids would resemble chicken nuggets and peanut butter sandwiches...

Do some of your fingers not have the same range of motion they once did? Maybe they’re beginning to curl inward a bit more. Do you feel resistance when...

Autoimmune disorders can be difficult to diagnose, especially in the earlier stages, and psoriatic arthritis is no different. Because there is no definitive...

You expect your child to get aches and pains from time to time—they are a normal part of childhood. But what if there’s no obvious cause for the pain? In...

Self-care and skincare oftentimes go hand in hand, especially when living with an autoimmune skin condition like psoriasis, which can take a toll on both...

If you’ve been diagnosed with fibromyalgia, you know there’s no simple treatment that will keep your pain from flaring up. You might get some relief through...

If you have allergies or have ever hung out in the desert heat, you’re bound to get a little dry-mouthed and itchy-eyed. But if these symptoms become chronic—meaning,...