Resource Hub Try searching our resource hub to find the articles, videos, tools and publications most helpful for you. I am... Employer Health Professional Someone with RASelect topic... About NRAS Apni Jung info for South Asian community Community COVID-19 Diagnosis and Monitoring Diet and Exercise Events Family Planning Fundraising Healthcare professionals Other Conditions Research Self-management Symptoms and Causes Treatment Work and BenefitsSelect resource type... Article Blog Facebook Live NRAS Live Publication Video Clear All Article Hand Surgery in rheumatoid arthritis: An Overview Rheumatoid arthritis is a disease with widespread effects. Whilst it is natural to think of surgery to joints as being the most significant surgical intervention, it is, in fact, soft tissue problems which cause the surgeon most concern – these include nerve compression syndrome due to inflammation and soft tissue swelling, tendon ruptures and skin […] Article Surgery of the Foot & Ankle Rheumatoid arthritis is a disease which affects 1-2% of the population. Approximately 15% of patients who have the disease will have pain and/or swelling affecting the feet as their first symptom. It is, contrary to popular belief, more common for the disease to first manifest itself in the form of foot problems than hand problems. […] Article Ankle Fusion – A Patient’s Perspective 08/05/09: Clive Montague A little about me: I suffer from Adult Still’s Disease, a form of chronic rheumatoid arthritis which has over the last years, resulted in the failure of a number of my joints. While knees, shoulder and hips have, during that time, been systematically replaced, I have always tried to put off having […] Article Elbow Surgery The first type of elbow arthritis surgery was carried out by excising the ends of the bones at the joint, either completely or partially, and then covering the remaining bone ends with the patients’ own soft tissue. These methods are still used today but are mostly reserved for situations where the initially inserted metal and […] Article Knee Replacement Surgery Introduction The development of knee replacement has been slower than hip replacement. Whereas the clinical results of total hip replacement have been satisfactory from the early 1960s, it is fair to say that total knee replacement did not reach the same level of success until the late 1970s and early 1980s. The knee is a […] Article Knee Replacement – A Patient’s Perspective 03/03/03: Ailsa Bosworth Mr Allum performed a total knee replacement to my left knee at the end of November 2002. My knee had become extremely painful over a period of some months as the gap between the tibia and fibia had reduced until it was bone on bone. My left ankle goes over quite badly […] Article Top 10 rheumatoid arthritis healthcare essentials Our top 10 healthcare essentials come from guidance produced by organisations including: Each point represents checks and services you should be receiving or that it would help you to know. You can use this as a checklist of items to discuss with your rheumatology team. 1. Check your Disease Activity Score (DAS) NICE guidelines recommend […] Article EULAR Guidelines The information gathered for these updates came through a systematic review of studies focused on the safety and effectiveness of disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs), when taken alone or in combination and included standard and biologic DMARDs. The task force agreed on 5 overarching principles and 12 recommendations by devising related questions, eliciting expert opinions, […] Article NICE RA Guidelines NICE interactive flowchart – rheumatoid arthritis Quality standard – rheumatoid arthritis in over 16s This guideline covers diagnosing and managing rheumatoid arthritis. It aims to improve quality of life by ensuring that people with rheumatoid arthritis have the right treatment to slow the progression of their condition and control their symptoms. People should also have […] Load more ↓
Article Hand Surgery in rheumatoid arthritis: An Overview Rheumatoid arthritis is a disease with widespread effects. Whilst it is natural to think of surgery to joints as being the most significant surgical intervention, it is, in fact, soft tissue problems which cause the surgeon most concern – these include nerve compression syndrome due to inflammation and soft tissue swelling, tendon ruptures and skin […]
Article Surgery of the Foot & Ankle Rheumatoid arthritis is a disease which affects 1-2% of the population. Approximately 15% of patients who have the disease will have pain and/or swelling affecting the feet as their first symptom. It is, contrary to popular belief, more common for the disease to first manifest itself in the form of foot problems than hand problems. […]
Article Ankle Fusion – A Patient’s Perspective 08/05/09: Clive Montague A little about me: I suffer from Adult Still’s Disease, a form of chronic rheumatoid arthritis which has over the last years, resulted in the failure of a number of my joints. While knees, shoulder and hips have, during that time, been systematically replaced, I have always tried to put off having […]
Article Elbow Surgery The first type of elbow arthritis surgery was carried out by excising the ends of the bones at the joint, either completely or partially, and then covering the remaining bone ends with the patients’ own soft tissue. These methods are still used today but are mostly reserved for situations where the initially inserted metal and […]
Article Knee Replacement Surgery Introduction The development of knee replacement has been slower than hip replacement. Whereas the clinical results of total hip replacement have been satisfactory from the early 1960s, it is fair to say that total knee replacement did not reach the same level of success until the late 1970s and early 1980s. The knee is a […]
Article Knee Replacement – A Patient’s Perspective 03/03/03: Ailsa Bosworth Mr Allum performed a total knee replacement to my left knee at the end of November 2002. My knee had become extremely painful over a period of some months as the gap between the tibia and fibia had reduced until it was bone on bone. My left ankle goes over quite badly […]
Article Top 10 rheumatoid arthritis healthcare essentials Our top 10 healthcare essentials come from guidance produced by organisations including: Each point represents checks and services you should be receiving or that it would help you to know. You can use this as a checklist of items to discuss with your rheumatology team. 1. Check your Disease Activity Score (DAS) NICE guidelines recommend […]
Article EULAR Guidelines The information gathered for these updates came through a systematic review of studies focused on the safety and effectiveness of disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs), when taken alone or in combination and included standard and biologic DMARDs. The task force agreed on 5 overarching principles and 12 recommendations by devising related questions, eliciting expert opinions, […]
Article NICE RA Guidelines NICE interactive flowchart – rheumatoid arthritis Quality standard – rheumatoid arthritis in over 16s This guideline covers diagnosing and managing rheumatoid arthritis. It aims to improve quality of life by ensuring that people with rheumatoid arthritis have the right treatment to slow the progression of their condition and control their symptoms. People should also have […]