World Arthritis Day: 20 October 2012 Theme for this year: Move To Improve Website: www.worldarthritisday.com Waving for world arthritis day 2012 Picture 1 : Malaysian Society of Rheumatology Picture 2 : Hospital Tuanku Jaafar Seremban “Move to improve programme” Picture 3 : Hospital Selayang ” Rheumatology Update Course for Primary Care Doctors” Image GalleryRead more
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Malaysian Society Of Rheumatology Members Conference Expenses Form. You can download the form (pdf or Word format), below: Conference_expenses_form.docx Conference_expenses_form.pdfRead more
Walk-a-Payung 2012 aims to raise funds for lupus patients and raise awareness of the challenges they face. SYSTEMIC lupus erythematosus (SLE), or lupus for short, is a life-long, life-threatening disease that occurs when the body’s immune system turns against its own tissues for reasons that are still unknown. More than five million people worldwide battleRead more
A big part of living with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is accepting and overcoming the pain. THE magazine on the floor was just one centimetre away from the tips of my outstretched fingers. I couldn’t reach it. “Bend just a little more … Bend!” I silently urged my knees, which felt like two huge sacks ofRead more
You can get arthritis at any age. But if it starts before you turn 16 and doctors don’t know why, it’s called Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA). AS it does not happen often, it is understandibly difficult for most of us to relate when an “old man’s” disease affects a young child. We are quick toRead more
PETALING JAYA: Most rheumatoid arthritis (RA) sufferers are not receiving proper treatment as they are unaware of their condition. Malaysian Society of Rheumatology president Dr Gun Suk Chyn estimated that about 140,000 Malaysians suffer from RA, but less than 5% were seeking treatment from rheumatologists. “There are currently 39 rheumatologists in Malaysia. Unfortunately, general practitionersRead more
1. Rheumatol Int. 2011 Jan 18. [Epub ahead of print] Teh CL, Wong JS, Soo HH. Unit of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Sarawak General Hospital, Jalan Hospital, 93450, Kuching, Sarawak, East Malaysia, tehchenglay@yahoo.com. We performed a cross-sectional study of the demography, clinical and laboratory features of patients with polymyositis and dermatomyositis followed up in ourRead more
PETALING JAYA: Many rheumatoid arthritis sufferers seek treatment too late, resulting in them losing their jobs. Arthritis Foundation Malaysia president Dr Amir Azlan Zain said at Universiti Malaya Medical Centre, for instance, most of the 100-odd patients seeking treatment weekly were in a bad state with joint damage or deformed fingers and out of jobRead more
KUALA LUMPUR: Rheumatoid arthritis, a common disease throughout the world, affects about five in 1,000, or nearly 135,000 people in Malaysia. But what is not well known is that it strikes more women than men, with 75 per cent of those afflicted being women. This has led to the launch of the Malaysian Women inRead more
Gout is one of the more common forms of arthritis, and it can be easily managed with medications and diet modifications. EVEN without national statistics, I do not find it difficult to believe consultant rheumatologist Dr Chow Sook Khuan when she says gout is one of the most common arthritis seen in general practice. BecauseRead more
