 
The Hospital for Special Surgery Rheumatoid Arthritis Handbook: Everything You Need to Know
ISBN: 978-0-471-22334-4
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April 2002
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Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
1. The Empowered Patient.
2. Your Doctor, Your Partner.
3. What is Rheumatoid Arthritis?
4. How Rheumatoid Arthritis Affects the Body.
5. RA Immunity and Inflammation.
6. Drugs, Drugs, and More Drugs.
7. Aspirin, Other Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs, Super-Aspirins, and Other Analgesics.
8. Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs (DMARDS).
9. Corticosteroids.
10. Pregnancy and RA.
11. Nutrition and RA.
12. Exercise, Physical Therapy, and RA.
13. Occupational Therapy and RA of the Hands.
14. Coping with Rheumatoid Arthritis.
15. Jeremiah J. Walsh: A Link Between RA's Past, Present, and Future.
16. Surgery and RA.
17. Surgery of the Knee.
18. Surgery of the Hip.
19. The Upper Extremities and the Feet.
Appendix A: Questions and Answers About RA.
Appendix B: Glossary.
Index.
Introduction.
1. The Empowered Patient.
2. Your Doctor, Your Partner.
3. What is Rheumatoid Arthritis?
4. How Rheumatoid Arthritis Affects the Body.
5. RA Immunity and Inflammation.
6. Drugs, Drugs, and More Drugs.
7. Aspirin, Other Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs, Super-Aspirins, and Other Analgesics.
8. Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs (DMARDS).
9. Corticosteroids.
10. Pregnancy and RA.
11. Nutrition and RA.
12. Exercise, Physical Therapy, and RA.
13. Occupational Therapy and RA of the Hands.
14. Coping with Rheumatoid Arthritis.
15. Jeremiah J. Walsh: A Link Between RA's Past, Present, and Future.
16. Surgery and RA.
17. Surgery of the Knee.
18. Surgery of the Hip.
19. The Upper Extremities and the Feet.
Appendix A: Questions and Answers About RA.
Appendix B: Glossary.
Index.
