Please Stop Telling Me I’m ‘Too Young’ to Have Arthritis
April 2, 2021
Telling anyone they are too young to live with a condition is more inflammatory than it is reassuring or supportive.
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Antibody Testing After Getting the COVID-19 Vaccine: What to Know If You’re Immunocompromised
April 1, 2021
There are risks in trying to interpret these antibody tests yourself, because even doctors aren’t sure what the results could mean.
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Why Faking Illness to Get a COVID-19 Vaccine Is Damaging to People Who Live with Chronic Illnesses
March 31, 2021
It’s not okay to ignore the concerns of immunocompromised people throughout the pandemic — and then turn around and claim to have a chronic illness in order to access the vaccine.
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Obesity or Gaining Weight in Adulthood Is Linked with a Greater Risk of Getting Gout
March 31, 2021
Compared with people whose weight remained steady and in a healthy range, those who were obese or gained weight during adulthood had a much greater risk of developing gout.
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Widespread Pain (Beyond Just Joint Pain) May Be Common in Psoriatic Arthritis
March 30, 2021
Psoriatic arthritis patients with moderate and high disease activity had worse widespread pain, which could have an impact on how to best treat pain and disease activity.
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Taking Steroids and Acid Reflux Medications Increases the Risk of Bone Fractures for Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
March 29, 2021
A new study evaluated the medication use and fracture occurrence of people with rheumatoid arthritis, and found a correlation between PPIs, glucocorticoids, and fracture risks.
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How Inflammatory Disease Patients Respond to the COVID-19 Vaccine: What a Small Study Shows About Antibody Levels and Disease Flares
March 26, 2021
In one of the first studies to look at the impact of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines on people with chronic inflammatory diseases, researchers found patients were able to produce a sufficient amount of antibodies with relatively minimal side effects.
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Many People with Chronic Illness Will Still Wear a Mask and Social Distance Once They’re Fully Vaccinated
March 26, 2021
In the Global Healthy Living Foundation’s latest COVID-19 Patient Support Program poll, more than 40 percent of respondents said they will continue social distance and wear masks around other fully vaccinated loved ones.
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