Ask The Expert

Our Ask The Expert section is a place that is dedicated to helping you find answers to the most commonly answered questions regarding many of the Rheumatic Diseases.

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  • Enbrel and sedimentation rate
    HI Rose, I agree with you !!  If your sed rate is 75, that definitely suggests that your RA is not responding to the Enbrel....
  • Lyme disease
    HI Larisa, It is usually pretty hard to confuse Lyme arthritis with osteoarthritis.  Generally, Lyme arthritis causes very marked warmth and swelling of a single joint, usually knee or ankle.  Rarely ......
  • Humira and tinnitus
    Hi Rebecca, thanks for your question.  I have never heard of anyone developing tinnitus (buzzing/ringing in the ears) after Humira injections.  But, it could be related it if occurs everytime.  It ......
  • Psoriatic arthritis and osteoarthritis
    Great question, Linda.  Even we rheumatologists often have trouble distinguishing the two.  Osteoarthritis is thought of as a wearing away of cartilage with aging, which in the long terms can result ......
  • Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs - Mobic
    Unfortunately, because everyone has different risks and different levels of benefit from the same drug, there are no hard and fast rules about how long someone can safely take a drug.  ......
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