A Patient with Severe Palindromic Rheumatism and Frequent Episodes of Pain

A 44-year-old man began to experience episodes of joint pain with erythema in his knees, elbows, shoulders, and hands in April 1996. He was diagnosed as having palindromic rheumatism. Due to the increasing frequency and severity of these episodes, he was admitted to our hospital in May 1999. Heat th...

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Published inInternal Medicine Vol. 40; no. 2; pp. 140 - 143
Main Authors TAKATA, Shingo, HARADA, Seishi, MITSUNOBU, Fumihiro, MIFUNE, Takashi, HOSAKI, Yasuhiro, ASIDA, Kozo, TSUGENO, Hirofumi, OKAMOTO, Makoto, IWAHASHI, Mitsuhiro, KAWASHIMA, Masanori, YAMAMURA, Masahiro, MAKINO, Hirofumi, TANIZAKI, Yoshiro
Format Journal Article Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published Tokyo The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 01.02.2001
Japanese Society of Internal Medicine
Subjects
Adult
Arthralgia - etiology
Arthritis, Rheumatoid - diagnosis
Biological and medical sciences
Diagnosis, Differential
Diseases of the osteoarticular system. Orthopedic treatment
Erythema - etiology
Fever - etiology
HLA DR-4
Hot Temperature - therapeutic use
Humans
Hydrotherapy
Male
Medical sciences
Physical Therapy Modalities
Radiotherapy. Instrumental treatment. Physiotherapy. Reeducation. Rehabilitation, orthophony, crenotherapy. Diet therapy and various other treatments (general aspects)
Recurrence
Rest
Rheumatic Diseases - blood
Rheumatic Diseases - diagnosis
Rheumatic Diseases - therapy
rheumatoid arthritis
spa therapy
vicious cycle
warm compress
Case study
Human
Heat
Pain
Treatment
Diseases of the osteoarticular system
Inflammation
Palindromic rheumatism of Hench
Severe
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Summary:A 44-year-old man began to experience episodes of joint pain with erythema in his knees, elbows, shoulders, and hands in April 1996. He was diagnosed as having palindromic rheumatism. Due to the increasing frequency and severity of these episodes, he was admitted to our hospital in May 1999. Heat therapy to the affected area produced a rapid improvement in symptoms. In addition, the continued use of physical therapy during symptom-free periods tended to reduce the frequency and severity of pain attacks. We present this case and discuss treatment options in patients with palindromic rheumatism. (Internal Medicine 40: 140-143, 2001)
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ISSN:0918-2918
1349-7235
DOI:10.2169/internalmedicine.40.140