Word: nonarticular
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...American Rheumatism Association lists seven forms of rheumatism, the collective term for all diseases marked by pain or stiffness in the joints, muscles and related structures. In six, arthritis (inflammation of the joints) is a symptom. The seventh classification, "nonarticular" (not involving the joints), is a catchall for many of the commonest forms. Of the seven, osteoarthritis and nonarticular rheumatism are the commonest (between them, more than 80% of all cases). Rheumatoid arthritis (10% to 20%) is the most crippling. Many patients have more than one form...
...Nonarticular Rheumatism. A grab-bag category. Includes bursitis (inflammation of the sac that helps reduce friction around a joint), myositis (inflammation of muscle tissues), fibrositis (muscle inflammation extending to connective tissues), tenosynovitis (inflammation of a tendon sheath), and such oddities as psychogenic rheumatism. Treatment: aspirin, possibly combined with hormones such as cortisone, prednisone and prednisolone. Codeine helps kill the pain, and heat is helpful. In bursitis, surgery is sometimes used to scrape calcified deposits from the inside of a bursa. In psychogenic rheumatism no physical cause can be found for the patient's undeniable physical ills. Symptoms most often...
...nonarticular rheumatism: no neat cures, but plenty of opportunities for substantial relief...
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