KUALA LUMPUR: Orang ramai tidak harus memandang ringan gejala Artritis (penyakit radang sendi) dengan tanggapan bahawa penyakit itu hanya dialami oleh golongan tua, walhal ia juga boleh berlaku kepada golongan muda jika tidak dikesan dan dirawat sejak awal. Pengarah Pusat Perubatan Universiti Malaya (PPUM) Prof Dr Tunku Kamarul Zaman Tunku Zainol Abidin berkata penyakit ituRead more
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KUALA LUMPUR: It happened suddenly. One morning in 2006, Lokasundari Vijaya Sankar, a former lecturer from Petaling Jaya, woke up with her whole body feeling stiff. She could hardly move. Of course, it took her a very long time to get to the bathroom that day. She somehow was able to guess what was happeningRead more
Oleh : Prof Madya Dr Sakthiswary A/P Rajalingham Pakar Perunding Rheumatologi Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Penyakit Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) merupakan penyakit radang sendi yang dapat menyerang sesiapa sahaja tidak kira muda ataupun tua. Secara amnya, pesakit RA mengalami nyeri dan kaku pada sendi terutamanya pada sebelah pagi dan gerakan sendi terbatas. Gejala penyakit –penyakit yang dinamakanRead more
Affecting more men than women, the autoimmune disease is a debilitating condition that needs proper management, writes Nadia Badarudin HAVE you wondered what it feels like when your finger joints are so stiff and painful that even turning a door knob becomes a huge challenge? Can you imagine enduring the throbbing pain of swollen knees thatRead more
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
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
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