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Rheumatoid Arthritis
Knowledge forms the basis to conscious and proactive disease management.
Access scientifically based, easy explained information about your disease, common symptoms, and coping strategies in our blog.
Describing pain
Pain is a warning signal from the body. In particular in the case of recurring pain, a precise description creates the basis for medical diagnosis and treatment.
Documenting symptoms, understanding the body's signals
Symptoms are signals from the body. Systematic symptom tracking enables patients to better understand their complaints and promotes communication with doctors.
Self-tests for rheumatoid arthritis?
Self-tests for rheumatoid arthritis are becoming increasingly popular. They aim to identify the first signs of rheumatic disease in an uncomplicated and simple way.
Symptoms and Comorbidities of rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease that primarily affects the joints. Primary symptoms are noticeable in the musculoskeletal system, but concomitant systemic diseases can also occur.
Drug treatment of rheumatoid arthritis
Treatment for RA aims to control inflammation, slow the progression of the disease, reduce pain, and maintain the functionality of affected joints. Drug therapy is an essential part of the treatment concept.
Biological Therapy
Biologics are a class of drugs that are used, for example, for autoimmune diseases, cancer or inflammatory bowel diseases. Due to their mechanisms of action, they can represent an effective treatment option.
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or NSAIDs for short, are analgesics that are used to relieve pain, inflammation, and fever.
What is fatigue?
Fatigue describes a state of intense and prolonged exhaustion that can manifest on physical and mental levels. Fatigue can occur as a symptom of various diseases or as an independent syndrome.
Cortisone - effect and side effects
Cortisone is the inactive precursor of the hormone cortisol. For medical purposes, cortisone is used for rheumatic diseases, allergies, asthma, inflammatory skin diseases and chronic inflammatory bowel diseases.
Melatonin - the sleep hormone
Melatonin is a hormone that regulates the sleep-wake cycle. The main role of melatonin is to signal to the body when it is time to sleep. As a medication, it can help alleviate sleep problems.
Cortisol - More than just the stress hormone
Cortisol is a versatile hormone that fulfils numerous vital functions in the body, including stress response, metabilic functions, sleep-wake-rhythm, blood pressure and immune functions.
The circadian rhythm: a human clock
The circadian rhythm is a fundamental biological process that influences important biological processes such as the sleep-wake cycle, hormone production, body temperature and metabolic processes.
Raynaud's syndrome
Whitish discolouration and a feeling of cold in the fingers or other limbs may indicate Raynaud's syndrome. A distinction is made between primary and secondary Raynaud's syndrome.
The bio-psycho-social model
Health and illness are influenced by biological, psychological and social factors. The bio-psycho-social model is a holistic approach that takes into account the interrelationships between these factors.
Inflammatory rheumatic diseases - an overview
Inflammatory rheumatic diseases (IRD) are one of four groups in the rheumatic spectrum. They are mostly autoimmune diseases, which are characterised by chronic inflammations in the musculoskeletal system.
What is rheumatism?
Rheuma summarizes more than 100 diseases. Health professionals refer to rheumatic diseases or diseases of the rheumatic spectrum.
Early sign of rheumatism, rheumatoid factors &CCP
Pain and stiffness of the finger and toe joints are early signs of rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatoid factors and the CCP antibody value are often determined for diagnosis.
Healthy sleep
Fall asleep, stay asleep, start the new day feeling refreshed. How healthy sleep works.
Dealing with emotions
Emotions can be overwhelming — both positively and negatively. Mindfulness, acceptance, self-care, and exercise can help you deal with them.
Understanding emotions
Self-reflection and empathy are two effective tools for understanding emotions.
What are emotions?
A feeling, an emotion - they encounter and accompany us every day. But what do you understand by emotions?
Disability pension
Disability pensions provide basic benefits for people who are no longer able to work as a result of an accident or illness. However, a number of requirements must be met.
Medication intake when there is a time difference
What should you pay attention to when taking medication when traveling to another time zone?
Pain and its influencing factors in RA
Pain is a frequent companion of rheumatism. The bio-psycho-social model explains influencing factors and highlights starting points for dealing with them.
Diet & nutrition in rheumatoid arthritis
An anti-inflammatory diet can help alleviate symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis as a supplement to therapy. Here you can find out which foods and diets are appropriate for this.
Points of contact for rheumatic diseases
There are various advice and assistance centers for patients with rheumatic diseases.
Resilience
Resilience is a psychological elasticity or tension. It describes the ability to survive difficult life situations without lasting impairment.
Mental Health with ACT
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is a behavioral therapeutic approach that can help you accept and deal with unchanging circumstances.
Self-Efficacy
Self-efficacy is the inner conviction that you can master difficult or challenging situations on your own.
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