Summary:
The Royal Society of Medicine Your Guide to Arthritis is the patient's ultimate tool to understanding their illness, discovering invaluable advice, and empowering them to make informed choices and to regain control of their life. Written by the top UK expert in this field, this is an easy-to-read guide to arthritis, the symptoms, the treatment available, and ultimately how to overcome this misunderstood yet common illness.

The book opens by explaining the epidemiology and symptoms of arthritis, and goes on to detail the types and causes of the condition. It includes invaluable chapters dedicated to: Diagnosis, Medication, Replacement Surgery, Self-help and future possibilities for research.
A section on who you might meet in the NHS and their role in the treatment of your illness gives you a greater understanding of what you might expect and who might be involved.

A friendly and straightforward guide, this book gives you an essential understanding of arthritis and will inform, reassure and support you, when you need it the most.

• Written by Dr Michael Snaith, an expert with both extensive clinical and academic experience, who is used to writing for a wider audience
• Series edited by Royal Society of Medicine, giving it authority and recognition.
• Includes features that use a direct, personal style of writing – Myth/fact boxes, 'My experience' features, Key terms, Q & A boxes.
• Uses a straightforward, jargon-free writing style, overseen closely to ensure it maintains a friendly, understandable, easy-to-read approach.
• A clear and open text design to attractive and engage the reader, to encourage them to understand and absorb the information and advice.
• Covers every aspect of the illness, the only and ultimate tool that a patient or carer will need, to read and refer to throughout the illness.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
Types of arthritis:
An introduction to what’s involved in arthritis
How is a diagnosis of arthritis made?
General Issues around Arthritis
Who treats patients with arthritis?
The treatment of arthritis
Complementary Therapies
Surgery
The future

About the Author(s):
Dr Michael Snaith is a Consultant Rheumatologist for Amber Valley Primary Care Trust, Heanor & Ripley Hospitals, and Derbyshire Royal Infirmary. He is an expert on gout and related disorders, and has held visiting fellowships in universities across the world, in addition to his clinical career. He is a board member of several Professional societies, and was until 2002 Associate Editor of the British Journal of Rheumatology.

Readership:
Sufferers from arthritis; carers; family; ages 30-70

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