
Alpana Das
blogs from Kolkata


Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic symmetrical polyarthritis affecting mainly the peripheral small joints associated with some constitutional symptoms.Age- Though it is seen in some children, it has increasing prevalence with increasing age up to the seventh decade and most often it starts betwe...
Posted on 10 November 2009 | 10:47 am
Read postAlso known as Calcium pyrophosphate deposition (CPPD) disease, pseudogout is an arthrpathy due to deposition of calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate (CPPD) crystals in articular cartilage & periarticular tissue & has many similarities with gout. Pseudogout has been reported to occasionally coexist with g...
Posted on 23 June 2009 | 9:36 am
Read postGout which may manifest as acute or chronic is an abnormality of uric acid metabolism which results in the precipitation of crystals of uric acid in the form of sodium urate on the articular cartilage of joints, on tendons & in the surrounding tissues.Sex- Gout is predominantly a disease of men.Age-...
Posted on 19 June 2009 | 12:05 pm
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