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INFLAMMATION & DEGENERATION ARTHRITIS DEFINITIONS INFLAMMATORY JOINT DISEASE IS SYSTEMIC, CAUSES STIFFNESS ALL OVER, SWELLING IN JOINTS, PAIN AND FATIGUE DEGENERATIVE JOINT DISEASE CAUSES PAIN WITH MINIMAL STIFFNESS AND SWELLING AND NO FATIGUE DIFFERENCE STIFFNESS IS FAR GREATER IN INFLAMMATORY ARTHRITIS THAN DEGENERATIVE AND SO IS THE FATIGUE/WEAKNESS ETIOLOGY INFLAMMATORY IS AUTOIMMUNE (RA, LUPUS), CRYSTAL INDUCED (GOUT), INFECTIOUS, METABOLIC (THYROID,PARATHYROID) DEGENERATIVE IS GENETIC, END RESULT OF INFLAMMATORY, TRAUMA, AGE... CASE - 1 80 YEAR OLD WITH MODERATELY SEVERE BACK PAIN AFTER WALKING LESS THAN A MILE, SHE ALSO IS STIFF IN HANDS FOR 45 MIN IN AM CASE - 2 45 YO WITH GENERALIZED SEVERE PAIN, IN ALL JOINTS AND STIFFNESS THAT LASTS FOR HRS. AFTER TREATMENT HER DEVELOPED INCREASING LEFT HIP PAIN THAT IS PROGRESSIVELY GETTING WORSE. TREATMENT HISTORY AND PHYSICAL LAB X-RAY/MRI TREATMENT PHYSICAL THERAPY AQUA-THERAPY FISH OIL/GLUCOSAMINE EXERCISE TOPICAL APPLICATIONS TREATMENT GLUTEN FREE MSG, ALFALFA SPROUTS MEAT, SEA FOOD, BBQ, COOKED TOMATOES AND EGGPLANTS ALCOHOL- BEER VERSUS OTHERS TREATMENT NSAIDs DISEASE MODIFYING DRUGS-NON BIOLOGICS DISEASE MODIFYING DRUGS-BIOLOGICS RESEARCH TREATMENT NON BIOLOGICS EXAMPLES: MTX, SULFA, LEFLUNOMIDE, PLAQUENIL (HCQ), AZATHIOPRINE, CELLCEPT... TREATMENT TNF BIOLOGICS: ENBREL, HUMIRA, REMICADE, CIMZIA, SIMPONI, ARIA TREATMENT NON-TNF: ORENCIA, RITUXAN, ACTEMRA, BENLYSTA, XELJANZ, TREATMENT HIGH RISK MEDS: EDUCATE, SCREEN, VACCINE, HYGENE