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					<title>Joint pain but no swelling</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[HI Wendi, This is always a tough situation, when the patient sees swelling but the doctor doesn\'t.&nbsp; In this situation, as you mention, ultrasound or MRI can be used to determine ......]]></description>
					<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:25:27 -0600</pubDate>
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					<title>Vitamin D and Ankylosing Spondylitis</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[HI Robert, I don\'t recall any studies in which vitamin D intake was specifically studied in anklyosing spondylitis, but there are always benefits to taking Vitamin D.&nbsp; It is a critical ......]]></description>
					<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:39:41 -0600</pubDate>
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					<title>Seronegative arthritis</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Seronegative arthritis refers to inflammatory arthritis in which antibodies that help us diagnose rheumatoid arthritis, lupus and other rheumatic conditions are absent in the blood.&nbsp; So, it can look like rheumatoid ......]]></description>
					<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:36:54 -0600</pubDate>
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					<title>Antibiotics and RA</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[HI Jane, Antibiotics do not cause flares of RA.&nbsp; In fact, some antibiotics are useful in treating RA, perhaps because certain ones have anti-inflammatory properties (e.g., minocycline).&nbsp; RA is a disease ......]]></description>
					<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:34:48 -0600</pubDate>
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					<title>Methotrexate and pregnancy</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hi Monica, These are important questions that you should discuss very carefully with your obstetrician.&nbsp; Methotrexate is definitely associated with birth defects, but it doesn\'t mean that every fetus has a ......]]></description>
					<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:32:44 -0600</pubDate>
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					<title>Thumb arthritis and hyaluronic acid injections</title>
					<link>http://www.hopkins-arthritis.org/ask-the-expert/treatment-013003/thumb-arthritis-and-hyaluronic-acid-injections-1203.html</link>
					<description><![CDATA[HI Gail, Usually once there is progression of arthritis to bone-on-bone, surgery is&nbsp;the most effective treatment.&nbsp; Injections of hyaluronic acid are of limited value in bone-on-bone, end-stage joints.&nbsp; Plus, most of ......]]></description>
					<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:30:31 -0600</pubDate>
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					<title>High rheumatoid factor - what does it mean?</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[HI Victoria, An interesting question.&nbsp; Why was the RA factor drawn in the first place?&nbsp; I assume you were having some joint pain.&nbsp; A positive rheumatoid factor can be found in ......]]></description>
					<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:27:49 -0600</pubDate>
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					<title>Joint Pains</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[HI Wendy, If you haven\'t see a rheumatologist yet, it would be a good idea to do so.&nbsp; There are many types of arthritis and some cannot be diagnosed by a ......]]></description>
					<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:22:13 -0600</pubDate>
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					<title>Frozen shoulder and hormones</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hi Barb, thanks for your thoughtful comments.&nbsp; I am not aware of any data linking frozen shoulder to low levels of estrogen (or testosterone).&nbsp; However, I am glad that you got ......]]></description>
					<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:18:46 -0600</pubDate>
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					<title>Arthritis -- too many questions</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[HI Jonah, It would take two weeks to answer all of your questions.&nbsp; However, if you browse through our site, I think you will find the answers to some of your ......]]></description>
					<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:14:59 -0600</pubDate>
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					<title>Lyme diseaes</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[HI Susan, Your mother does sound complicated.&nbsp; For this reason, I would suggest that you try to find a rheumatologist, not based on geography, but based on expertise.&nbsp; Usually, a university ......]]></description>
					<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:12:36 -0600</pubDate>
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					<title>Osteoarthritis and Heberden\'s nodes</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[HI G. Buford, Don\'t throw out the calcium yet !!&nbsp; IT is probably not at all the cause of the Heberden\'s node.&nbsp; Heberden\'s nodes are outward manifestations of degenerative arthritis (also ......]]></description>
					<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:08:22 -0600</pubDate>
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					<title>Peridontal disease and inflammatory arthritis</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[HI Delores, You ask an extremely interesting question.&nbsp; In fact, peridontal disease is found in much higher frequency in patients with RA than in individuals without RA.&nbsp; The same hasn\'t been ......]]></description>
					<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:05:13 -0600</pubDate>
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					<title>positive ANA test and lupus</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hi Dorothea, A positive blood test never makes a diagnosis of lupus.&nbsp; The positive ANA is still within the range of normal values, so it may be meaningless.&nbsp; The ANA test ......]]></description>
					<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:59:01 -0600</pubDate>
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					<title>Vitamin D deficieincy</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Great question.&nbsp; There is some evidence that low Vitamin D levels can be associated with fairly nondescript muscle and joint pain.&nbsp;Remember that kids with severe vitamin D deficiency are the ones ......]]></description>
					<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:56:59 -0600</pubDate>
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					<title>Is this lupus?</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hi M/Dr. Mukherjee, this sounds, smells, feels like lupus given the autoantibody profile.&nbsp; Your patient should see a rheumatologist to confirm the diagnosis and determine whether treatment is needed, or watchful ......]]></description>
					<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:54:59 -0600</pubDate>
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					<title>Tinnitus</title>
					<link>http://www.hopkins-arthritis.org/ask-the-expert/regional-pain-back-and-neck-019/tinnitus-1192.html</link>
					<description><![CDATA[Hi Nicole, You are on the wrong website.&nbsp; I don\'t know of any joints in the ear !!&nbsp; this is an arthritis website !!&nbsp; Good luck !...]]></description>
					<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:52:12 -0600</pubDate>
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					<title>H1N1 vaccine and RA treatment</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hi Greg, I am not familiar with the two types of H1N1 vaccine.&nbsp; I am only aware of one type in the U.S.&nbsp; I would recommend that you ask an Infectious ......]]></description>
					<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:51:07 -0600</pubDate>
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					<title>Humira and Pregnancy</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hi Becky, Great question.&nbsp; If only we knew all of the answers !!&nbsp;&nbsp; These drugs (TNF inhibitors - Enbrel, Humira, Remicade, Cimzia, Simponi) are not toxic to embryos in animals, and ......]]></description>
					<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:47:36 -0600</pubDate>
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					<title>Hard to swallow big pills</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Few people like to take medications.&nbsp; It\'s especially hard if you have trouble swallowing big pills.&nbsp; Some tricks -- break them into 2 or 3 pieces (you can buy a pill ......]]></description>
					<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:41:10 -0600</pubDate>
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