Objective. To determine the prevalence, clinical picture, and disease burden of arthritis in patients with hereditary hemochromatosis.Methods. In this cross-sectional observational study of 199 patients with hemochromatosis and iron overload, demographic and disease-specific variables, genotype, and organ involvement were recorded. The prevalence, intensity, and localization of joint pain were assessed, and a complete rheumatologic investigation was performed. Radiographs of the hands, knees, and ankles were scored for joint space narrowing, erosions, osteophytes, and chondrocalcinosis. In addition, the number and type of joint replacement surgeries were recorded.Results. Joint pain was reported by 72.4% of the patients. Their mean ؎ SD age at the time of the initial joint symptoms was 45.8 ؎ 13.2 years. If joint pain was present, it preceded the diagnosis of hemochromatosis by a mean ؎ SD of 9.0 ؎ 10.7 years. Bony enlargement was observed in 65.8% of the patients, whereas synovitis was less common (13.6%). Joint space narrowing and osteophytes as well as chondrocalcinosis of the wrist and knee joints were frequent radiographic features of hemochromatosis. Joint replacement surgery was common, with 32 patients (16.1%) undergoing total joint replacement surgery due to severe OA. The mean ؎ SD age of these patients was 58.3 ؎ 10.4 years at time of joint replacement surgery. Female sex, metacarpophalangeal joint involvement, and the presence of chondrocalcinosis were associated with a higher risk of early joint failure (i.e., the need for joint replacement surgery).Conclusion. Arthritis is a frequent, early, and severe symptom of hemochromatosis. Disease is not confined to involvement of the metacarpophalangeal joints and often leads to severe damage requiring the replacement of joints.
A feasible and reliable radiological assessment tool for the evaluation of haemochromatosis arthropathy has been validated and an atlas of characteristic radiographic features provided.
A védőmaszk viselése fontos kiegészítő járványügyi intézkedés a légzőszervi betegségek, így a Covid-19-vírus terjedési kockázatának csökkentésére is. Ezek a maszkok az arcfelület mintegy 60-70 százalékát lefedik, olyan területen, amely elengedhetetlenül fontos a mentális állapotok hatékony verbális és nem verbális kommunikációjához és észleléséhez, ennek következtében bonyolíthatják a társadalmi interakciókat, különösen a klinikai környezetben, ahol a kommunikációs készségek és a jó orvos-beteg kapcsolat nélkülözhetetlenek a minőségi ellátáshoz. A szerzők áttekintik az arcmaszkok hatékony orvos-beteg kommunikációra gyakorolt hatásával kapcsolatos szakirodalmat és kutatási eredményeket, valamint javaslatokat tesznek a nehézségek kompenzálására olyan kiegészítő kommunikációs módozatok bemutatásával, amelyek lehetővé teszik, hogy az orvos-beteg interakciók a pandémia következtében előírt védőfelszerelések és maszkok mögött is jó eséllyel a megszokottól eltérő, mégis hatékony módon működjenek.
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