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Results 1 - 10 of 13 for Rheumatic disorder
  1. Knee Injuries and Disorders (National Library of Medicine)  
    Your knee joint is made up of bone, cartilage, ligaments and fluid. Muscles and tendons help the knee joint move. When any of these structures is hurt or ...
  2. Arthritis (National Library of Medicine)  
    If you feel pain and stiffness in your body or have trouble moving around, you might have arthritis. Most kinds of arthritis cause pain and swelling in ...
  3. Rheumatoid Arthritis (National Library of Medicine)  
    Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a form of arthritis that causes pain, swelling, stiffness and loss of function in your joints. It can affect any joint but is common ...
  4. Lupus (National Library of Medicine)  
    What is lupus? Lupus is a chronic (long-lasting) type of autoimmune disease.Autoimmune diseases happen when your immune system attacks healthy cells and ...
  5. HIV and Infections (National Library of Medicine)  
    Having HIV/AIDS weakens your body's immune system. It destroys the white blood cells that fight infection. This puts you at risk for opportunistic infections ( ...
  6. Autoimmune Diseases (National Library of Medicine)  
    What are autoimmune diseases? Your immune system protects you from disease and infection by attacking germs that get into your body, such as viruses and ...
  7. Hepatitis C (National Library of Medicine)  
    What is hepatitis C? Hepatitis is inflammation of the liver. Inflammation is swelling that happens when tissues of the body are injured or infected. Inflammation ...
  8. Vasculitis (National Library of Medicine)  
    Vasculitis is an inflammation of the blood vessels. It happens when the body's immune system attacks the blood vessel by mistake. It can happen because of an infection, ...
  9. Health Problems in Pregnancy (National Library of Medicine)  
    Every pregnancy has some risk of problems, but there are certain conditions and health issues that can raise that risk, such as: A health condition you had ...
  10. Infectious Arthritis (National Library of Medicine)  
    Most kinds of arthritis cause pain and swelling in your joints. Joints are places where two bones meet, such as your elbow or knee. Infectious arthritis is ...
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