Rheumatoid arthritis is a disease that causes pain, swelling, and stiffness in your joints. This disease often occurs in more than one joint and can affect any joint in the body. If you have this disease, you may feel sick and tired, and sometimes get fevers.
Fibromyalgia
Medical Weight Loss
Rheumatology
Rheumatology nurse. A rheumatology nurse likely will be closely involved in your child's care, serving as the main point of contact with your doctor's office about appointments, tests, medications, and instructions.
Pediatric Care
ASD occurs in all ethnic, racial, and economic groups. Although ASD can be a lifelong disorder, treatments and services can improve a person's symptoms and ability to function. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that all children be screened for autism. All caregivers should talk to their child's doctor about ASD screening or evaluation.
Primary Care
Medication does not cure anxiety disorders but can help relieve symptoms. Medication for anxiety is prescribed by doctors, such as a psychiatrist or primary care provider. Some states also allow psychologists who have received specialized training to prescribe psychiatric medications. The most common classes of medications used to combat anxiety disorders are anti-anxiety drugs (such as benzodiazepines), antidepressants, and beta-blockers.
Family Practice
To diagnose juvenile arthritis, a doctor may perform a physical exam, ask about family health history, and order lab or blood tests, and x-rays.
Constipation
Urinary Incontinence
Children may have a bladder control problem - also called urinary incontinence (UI) - if they leak urine by accident and are past the age of toilet training. A child may not stay dry during the day, called daytime wetting; or through the night, called bedwetting.
Eye inflammation is a potentially severe complication that commonly occurs in children with oligoarthritis, but can also be seen in other types of juvenile arthritis. Eye diseases, such as iritis or uveitis, can be present at the beginning of arthritis but often develop some time after a child first develops juvenile arthritis. Very commonly, juvenile arthritis-associated eye inflammation does not cause any symptoms and is found only during an eye exam. Therefore, all children with juvenile arthritis need to have regular eye exams, including a special exam called a slit lamp exam.
Primary care doctors, such as a family physician or internal medicine specialist, who coordinates care between the different health providers and treats other problems as they arise.
Bladder Cancer
Tests that examine the urine and bladder are used to help detect (find) and diagnose bladder cancer.
Kidney Stones
Gout is a kind of arthritis that causes attacks of pain and stiffness in your joints, especially your big toe. Gout is caused by crystals of a substance called uric acid building up in your joints. It can also cause lumps under the skin and kidney stones.
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a developmental disorder that affects communication and behavior. Although autism can be diagnosed at any age, it is described as a "developmental disorder" because symptoms generally appear in the first two years of life.
Multiple Sclerosis
Research shows that juvenile arthritis is also more likely in families with a history of any autoimmune disease. One study showed that families of children with juvenile arthritis are more likely to have a member with an autoimmune disease such as rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, or thyroid inflammation (Hashimoto's thyroiditis) than are families of children without juvenile arthritis. For that reason, having an autoimmune disease in your family may raise the doctor's suspicions that your child's joint symptoms are caused by juvenile arthritis or some other autoimmune disease.
Do you find it hard to pay attention? Do you feel the need to move constantly during times when you shouldn't? Do you find yourself constantly interrupting others? If these issues are ongoing and you feel that they are negatively impacting your daily life, it could be a sign of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Stress Management
Stress management techniques and meditation can help people with anxiety disorders calm themselves and may enhance the effects of therapy. Research suggests that aerobic exercise can help some people manage their anxiety; however, exercise should not take the place of standard care and more research is needed.
Depression
Mental Health
Proper diagnosis and treatment help people with bipolar disorder lead healthy and productive lives. Talking with a doctor or other licensed mental health professional is the first step for anyone who thinks he or she may have bipolar disorder. The doctor can complete a physical exam to rule out other conditions. If the problems are not caused by other illnesses, the doctor may conduct a mental health evaluation or provide a referral to a trained mental health professional, such as a psychiatrist, who is experienced in diagnosing and treating bipolar disorder.
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Hypothyroidism
Thyroid
Some bipolar disorder symptoms are similar to other illnesses, which can make it hard for a doctor to make a diagnosis. In addition, many people have bipolar disorder along with another illness such as anxiety disorder, substance abuse, or an eating disorder. People with bipolar disorder are also at higher risk for thyroid disease, migraine headaches, heart disease, diabetes, obesity, and other physical illnesses.
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and ultrasound may be useful in identifying the early stages of rheumatoid arthritis and can help determine the severity of the disease.
MRI
Your doctor may confirm you have ankylosing spondylitis by taking pictures of your spine and of the joint between your spine and pelvic bone. Pictures are taken using x-rays or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), which uses magnets and radio waves (not radiation). However, you may have the disease for years before changes show on x-rays. MRI may allow for earlier diagnosis, because it can show damage to soft tissues and bone before it can be seen on an x-ray. Both tests may also be used to see if the disease worsens.
X-Rays
Computed Tomography
CT scan (CAT scan): A procedure that makes a series of detailed pictures of areas inside the body, taken from different angles. The pictures are made by a computer linked to an x-ray machine. A dye may be injected into a vein or swallowed to help the organs or tissues show up more clearly. This procedure is also called computed tomography, computerized tomography, or computerized axial tomography. To stage bladder cancer, the CT scan may take pictures of the chest, abdomen, and pelvis.
Cigarette smoking: Although smoking may not directly cause back pain, it increases your risk of developing low back pain and sciatica, which is back pain that travels to the hip and/or leg. Smoking can also slow healing from back injuries or surgeries.
Joint Replacement
Total joint replacement may be an option if ankylosing spondylitis causes severe joint damage that makes it difficult to do your daily activities. Your surgeon will remove the damaged joint and replace it with a man-made one made of metals, plastics, and/or ceramic materials. The most commonly replaced joints are the knee and hip.
Stay out of the sun. Many acne medicines can make people more likely to sunburn. Being in the sun a lot can also make the skin wrinkle and raise the risk of skin cancer.
Rashes
Psoriasis
Psoriatic juvenile idiopathic arthritis. A child has both arthritis and psoriasis (a skin disease), or has arthritis and at least two of the following...
Spinal stenosis, a narrowing of the spinal column that puts pressure on the spinal cord and nerves, is treated by laminectomy. This is a major surgery that opens up the spinal column. A short hospital stay and physical therapy will be required after the surgery.