Are you a #rheumatology whiz kid? 🫵 Let’s test your #rheumatoidarthritis IQ with this #RheumandBoards brainteaser 🧠

🫄 Which of these factors contributes to women with rheumatoid #arthritis taking longer to become #pregnant ?

(The answer might surprise you…😏)

What can we learn from an ancient skeleton 🦴 with signs of rheumatoid #arthritis excavated from the sands of Egypt?

🔍It could be one more clue 'that we’ve been dealing with these diseases forever,' Adam J Brown says

Find out more in this Q&A 👇

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As the authors noted, these findings are “not surprising” but still important to document...😞

Know how we finally managed to distinguish #PsoriaticArthritis from #RheumatoidArthritis ? Listen in and find out 🎧bit.ly/3vHouqL

⚠️Nerdy arguments ahead ⚠️

#RheumandBoards puzzler🧩57-year-old female presents with a worsening dull ache in her distal interphalangeal joints.
💊Tried NSAIDs without relief
📺Asks if pain is from #osteoarthritis or #AutoimmuneDisease like in commercials

Which is a clue for underlying autoimmune process?

#AutoimmuneDisease cases are surging in the U.S., with an estimated 24-50 MILLION Americans impacted🤯— But why here and why now?

The #1 culprit just might be our environment...

🎧Listen in as we delve into why #autoimmunity varies by geography▶️ bit.ly/3vshu0R

Ready to play #DiagnosisDetective with #RheumandBoards ? 🕵️‍♀️

🔎A 37-year-old female presents with 5 days of wrist #pain and swelling. Arthrocentesis finds WBC of 24,000 and calcium pyrophosphophate signs 🔍

🔘Which of these lab abnormalities contributed to the #pseudogout flare?

💥The number of advanced practice providers in adult #rheumatology exploded by 141% from 2009 to 2020, while rheumatologists rose 23%

Find out more about this data at Healio ⬇️

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The common consensus is that the prevalence of #autoimmune diseases is rising. But is there any answer why?

🔍In our cover story this month, learn more from Dr. Frederick Miller, Dr. Andrew Wang, Dr. Anca Askanase and Cassandra Calabrese 👇

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👁️‍🗨️'Take these patients seriously.” NIH researchers implicate B cell switching, gender differences in ME/CFS. 👫🥱
Read the Q & A Healio Rheumatology

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#RheumandBoards puzzler🧩A 23-year-old male presents with periodic fevers, and:
🥶Episodic #hives when exposed to cold temps
🦻Bilateral sensorineural hearing loss from childhood
🌡️ID doc finds no clear #infection
💊Does not improve on #antibiotics

Which medication would help?

Are you feeling the luck of the I-R-I-S-H? ☘️ 🌈 Put your luck to the test with today’s WORD DOC challenge! bit.ly/3L1eafv

Are You Feeling #Lucky ? Sometimes that is exactly what you need to make the diagnosis in hard-to-treat patients. Well...luck and a little weekly refresher 🎓

This #StPatricksDay , try your luck with this week's #RheumandBoards brainteaser ▶️ bit.ly/3PmzEYu

Check out the most challenging words of 2024 so far! 🤔 Were you stumped by any of them? Take on the challenge and play Word Doc now: bit.ly/3L1eafv

Try your hand at this #MedicalMystery 🕵️

But wait - there's more❗️Is your work up for patients with suspected cryoglobulinemic #vasculitis up to snuff?

👂Listen in as we detail the 2 things you MUST check before moving forward with these patients😬▶️bit.ly/3TyrfDJ

New law gives new life to researchers in the cannabis space. #Rheumatology providers and #patients with chronic pain have new hope. ⚖️🩺 Dr. Kaleb Michaud Mark Bleackley Dr. Michael Schatman

Follow Healio Rheumatology for the whole story ⬇️

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#MedTwitter , how well do you know your #rheumatology therapies? See for yourself in this week's #Rheumandboards brain teaser🧠

💡 The mechanism of apremilast leads to which of the following changes? ➡️ bit.ly/47ZyARi

Ready to flex your medical vocab muscles? 💪 Compete with a friend and see who can guess faster. Start playing today! bit.ly/3L1eafv

Find out from the 🤝 experts how to best cultivate your content for Threads in Healio's Special Report: How to unleash the power of Threads! Download now: bit.ly/477P9uh

❗️Patients with COVID-19 history show higher risk for new-onset #autoimmune #inflammatory rheumatic diseases, according to a study from Min Seo Kim, MD, MSDH et al.

Find out more at Healio 👇

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Is it witchcraft or autoimmune vasculitis? Adam J Brown discusses the history of urticarial vasculitis, the various types of urticaria and treatments on a new episode of HealioRheuminations. #rheumatology #dermatology #allergy #nephrology #podcast