Common barriers to providing recommended patient education are lack of time or training. INTRODUCTION Inflammatory arthritis is a group of diseases including spondyloarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and psoriatic arthritis. These are chronic inflammatory diseases that affects a person’s joints, and may cause pain and disability. Patient education is a planned interactive learning process designed to support […]
Category: Inflammatory arthritis
High steroid-free success rates after glucocorticoid bridging
90% of people with early rheumatoid arthritis are steroid-free 2 years after bridging therapy INTRODUCTION Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory disease that affects a person’s joints, and may cause pain and disability. Rheumatoid arthritis can affect people of all ages, but it most often starts between the ages of 40 and 60. Rheumatoid arthritis […]
Full vaccination course is necessary for efficient response
People with inflammatory arthritis may have impaired response to the first dose but excellent final responses to mRNA vaccines. INTRODUCTION COVID-19 is the disease caused by a new type of coronavirus called severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). It was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization on 11 March 2020. COVID-19 has forced […]
Medication use for rheumatoid arthritis affects COVID-19 outcomes
People with rheumatoid arthritis treated with rituximab or JAKi have worse COVID-19 severity than those on TNFi INTRODUCTION COVID-19 is the disease caused by a new type of coronavirus called severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). It was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization on 11 March 2020. COVID-19 has forced people to […]
Arthritis induced by cancer therapy may persist after stopping treatment
Inflammatory arthritis caused by immune checkpoint inhibitor drugs can become a long-term problem, but it can be treated. Introduction Immune checkpoint inhibitors are a type of immunotherapy used to treat cancer. There are several drugs in this group, and they are used in more than 10 cancer types. This type of treatment for cancer is […]
The role of the nurse in inflammatory arthritis
This is the lay version of the updated EULAR recommendations for the role of the nurse in managing chronic inflammatory arthritis. The original publication can be downloaded from the EULAR website: www.eular.org. Bech B, et al. 2018 update of the EULAR recommendations for the role of the nurse in the management of chronic inflammatory arthritis. […]
Physical activity
This is the lay version of the EULAR recommendations for physical activity in people with inflammatory arthritis or osteoarthritis. The original publication can be downloaded from the EULAR website: www.eular.org. Rausch Osthoff AK, et al. 2018 EULAR recommendations for physical activity in people with inflammatory arthritis and osteoarthritis. Ann Rheum Dis 2018;77:1251–1260 doi:10.1136/annrheumdis-2018-213585 Introduction EULAR […]
Cancer drugs may trigger inflammatory arthritis
Immune checkpoint inhibitors may trigger the development of rheumatoid arthritis or polymyalgia rheumatica in some patients, but it can be treated. INTRODUCTION Inflammatory arthritis develops when the immune system starts to attack the body’s own tissues. Inflammatory arthritis is an umbrella term for a group of chronic inflammatory diseases that affect a person’s joints, causing […]
The role of the nurse in inflammatory arthritis
Introduction Nurses play an important role in looking after people with arthritis, and they are often the person that a patient sees at clinic appointments. The nurse role has changed in modern clinics, and nurses may now perform some tasks that would traditionally have been done by doctors. Nurse specialists trained in rheumatology are able […]
Vaccination for people with autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic diseases
Introduction Vaccinations are a way of preventing infections before they happen. Vaccines help the immune system to recognise viruses and bacteria that cause disease. Recommendations give advice to doctors and patients about the best way to treat and manage diseases. EULAR published in 2011 the current recommendations on vaccination for people with autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic […]
