Images in Rheumatology
Pooja Belani MD, DMConsultant Rheumatologist, Sterling Ramakrishna Specialty Hospital,Gandhidham, Kutch, Gujarat Question: 59-year-old lady presented with two months history of diffuse right arm pain along with bilateral small and large joint polyarthritis with early morning stiffness of 30 minutes, dorsal hand and feet pitting edema. On investigating, hemogram, RFT and LFT was normal, rheumatoid factor […]
Images in Rheumatology
Romi Shah MD, DNB RheumatologyConsultant Rheumatologist, Ami Rheumatology Clinic, Surat Question: A 50-year lady from the remote village of Rajasthan presented with history of chronic back pain with spinal stiffness was referred to rheumatology clinic as a case of ankylosing spondylitis because spinal radiographs had been reported as “bamboo spine “. Previously patient had multiple spinal […]
Juvenile spondyloarthrits: Is it the same as adult spondyloarthritis?
Deepti Suri MD, DNBProfessor of Paediatric Allergy and ImmunologyAdvanced Paediatrics Centre, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research,Chandigarh The spondyloarthropathies (SpAs) are a heterogeneous group of seronegative inflammatory arthropathies affecting peripheral and axial joints, and entheses and demonstrate strong association with human leukocyte antigen (HLA) B27. The term “spondyloarthritis” isn’t favoured by paediatric rheumatologists due […]
Antardhwani
The mission of “Antardhwani”, is to connect people afflicted with Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) and Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), help them share their experiences, and spread awareness about AS and RA in general community all across India. The organization provide information and education about how to manage AS and RA and conducts events, workshops, and seminars on […]
ASWS: Enhancing Lives with Ankylosing Spondylitis Support
Prachee Bhosle M.A. in Social Psychology, Mumbai and PG Diploma in Counselling PsychologyFounding Member & President, ASWS, India Bhushan GhateFounding Member & Coordinator, ASWS The Ankylosing Spondylitis Welfare Society (ASWS), a registered charity organization, in Maharashtra, founded by Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) patients under Dr. Pravin Patil’s guidance, is a beacon of support for individuals with AS. […]
Multiple dimensions of spondyloarthritis: an enigma for rheumatologists
Karl Gaffney FRCP Consultant Rheumatologist, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, UK Honorary Professor, Norwich Medical School, Chair, British Society for Spondyloarthritis, Chair, BSR axSpA Targeted Therapy Guidelines Committee, Member, National Early Inflammatory Arthritis National Audit Working Group Even after so many advances in understanding of spondyloarthritis in the last decade, why are we still […]
Rheumatology Quiz
Sonal Mehra MD, DMCentre for Rheumatology Arthritis and Spine, Noida 1. All the following drugs have been associated with drug induced psoriasis except A. LithiumB. HydroxychloroquineC. PropranololD. Fluconazole 2. What is the downstream effect of Riociguat’s mechanism of action? A. Increased cAMP levelsB. Increased cGMP levelsC. Decreased nitric oxide productionD. Enhanced calcium influx into cell 3. […]
Spondyloarthritis in Women: Are we missing it?
Meghna Ram Gavali MBBS, DNB MedicineAssistant Professor, Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Nizam’s Institute of medical Sciences, Hyderabad Historically axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) was considered a male predominant disease. With the evolution of the concept of axial SpA over the last decade, it has been established that axSpA is common in females and is almost […]
Epidemiology of Arthritis in India – A Personal Perspective
Arvind Chopra MD, DNB, FRCP (London), Master American College of RheumatologyDirector and Chief Rheumatologist, Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, Pune What made you interested in epidemiological research? During the days of my post-graduate medicine training (1980-90), I used to feel disappointed whenever I heard somebody declaring nonchalantly ‘There is no data (on this subject) from India’ […]
From the Executive Editor
Himanshu Pathak MD FRCPConsultant RheumatologistTricolour Hospitals, Vadodara Dear Readers, It gives me immense pleasure to bring the first IRA e-newsletter of 2024. The theme of this newsletter is Spondyloarthrits (SpA). The prevalence of SpA in India is about 7-9 per 10,000 persons. With this prevalence, India may have about 1 million persons affected with SpA […]
