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Answers questsion related to how arthritis affects the body, managment,treatment, and types of arthritis and some statistics on who gets arthritis.

This section provides an overview of the medications used to treat arthritis. It provides general information only and does not replace specific information given to you by your doctor, pharmacist, or other health care provider.

Fact sheet including characterisitcs, diagnosis, and treatment.

Short fact sheet by the American College of Rheumatology.

Short fact sheet including what gold treatment is, what it does, and how to decide when to use it.

Includes what gout is, what causes it, who gets it, how it is diagnoses, treated, and how to live with it.

Facts about gout causes, symptoms,diagnosis, treatment, and management. University of Washington Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine.

Condensed information on gout from the American College of Rheumatology Web page on gout. Brief information on gout cause and treatment.

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Overview of a group of inflammatory musculoskeletal complications seen during the course of infection of the virus that causes AIDS.

Includes information on infectious arthritis causes, effects, symptoms, diagnosis, evaluation, management, and treatment.

Includes information on causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and coping. Inflammation of joints, which can also occur, is also discussed.

Material meant for parents of a child with arthritis. Includes facts about juvenile arthritis, diagnosis, evaluation, management, treatment, and coping. Separate section on juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.

Descriptions of various lab tests including specific blood tests,urine tests, joint fluid tests, biopsies,and X-rays.

Includes information on what lupus is and its symptoms, diagnosis, management, treatment, and related coping skills.