Current management of rheumatoid arthritis.
Although rheumatoid arthritis is usually a chronic polyarthritis, it progresses in a wide variety of ways often with organ involvement. It is characterized by periods of exacerbation and remission. Successful management, which must be tailored to individual patients' requirements, involves a multidisciplinary approach coordinated by the physician. Counselling, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, adequate drug therapy and surgery all play a part.
D001171:Arthritis, Juvenile / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005528:Foot / Q000601:surgery; D006225:Hand / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009788:Occupational Therapy; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D000074402:Synovectomy