sodium-ethylxanthate and Arthritis

Maintenance of mice on dietary regimens containing fish oil decreases severity of collagen-induced arthritis. Macrophages from fish oil fed animals had decreased omega-6 and significant amounts of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in membrane phospholipids and produced significantly less prostaglandins than macrophages from corn oil fed animals. Gender differences in both prostaglandin production and susceptibility to arthritis were noted.

Topics: Acute-Phase Proteins; Animals; Arthritis; Collagen; Cytokines; Drug Interactions; Eicosanoids; Fatty Acids; Fish Oils; Humans; Prostaglandins; Sex

Topics: Anxiety; Arthritis; Chronic Disease; Cough; Diabetes Mellitus; Female; Humans; Lung Diseases, Obstructive; Male; Patient Education as Topic; Sex

We evaluated the sexual function of 41 married men with Parkinson's disease (PD) and its relation to age, severity of PD, and depression. We used a group of 29 married men with arthritis for comparison. Total sexual functioning and categories of desire, arousal, orgasm, and satisfaction did not differ significantly between patients with PD and arthritis. For both PD and arthritis, increased age, severity of illness, and depression were associated with reduced sexual function. These results suggest that sexual dysfunction is common in married men with PD, but no more so than in men with another chronic illness that does not involve the nervous system.

Topics: Adult; Aged; Arthritis; Humans; Male; Marriage; Middle Aged; Parkinson Disease; Regression Analysis; Sex; Sexual Behavior; Surveys and Questionnaires

Topics: Arthritis; Humans; Sex

The influence of arthritis upon sexual satisfaction and activity and patient receptivity to sexual rehabilitation was investigated by interviewing 169 patients with arthritis and 130 controls. Patients differed from controls in their greater loss of sexual satisfaction over time, but they were comparably satisfied with their current sexual adjustment. They reported similar reductions in frequency of intercourse over time. Joint symptoms and fatigue disturbed the sexual adjustment of patients more than controls, but damaged body image, worry about partner interest, loss of libido and loss of lubrication did not. There was receptivity to a program of sexual rehabilitation among patients and controls that was not dependent upon sexual dissatisfaction.

Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Arthritis; Arthritis, Rheumatoid; Female; Humans; Male; Marriage; Middle Aged; Osteoarthritis; Patient Acceptance of Health Care; Quality of Life; Sex; Spondylitis, Ankylosing

Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Arthritis; Attitude; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Physician-Patient Relations; Self Disclosure; Sex

Topics: Adult; Aged; Aging; Alcoholism; Arthritis; Attitude; Erectile Dysfunction; Ethics, Medical; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Posture; Prostatectomy; Sex

Topics: Arthritis; Counseling; Female; Hip Joint; Humans; Male; Sex

Topics: Aging; Arthritis; Arthritis, Rheumatoid; Colitis; Colitis, Ulcerative; Humans; Pathology; Sacroiliac Joint; Serologic Tests; Sex; Spondylitis; Spondylitis, Ankylosing; Statistics as Topic

Topics: Ankylosis; Arthritis; Colitis, Ulcerative; Humans; Lumbar Vertebrae; Radiography; Sacroiliac Joint; Sex; Spondylitis; Spondylitis, Ankylosing; Statistics as Topic

Topics: Arthritis; Arthritis, Rheumatoid; Blood; Chondroma; Humans; Iron; Joint Diseases; Myositis; Rheumatic Fever; Sex; Spondylitis; Spondylitis, Ankylosing; Statistics as Topic; Transferrin

Topics: Adolescent; Adrenal Cortex Hormones; Arthritis; Arthritis, Rheumatoid; Atrophy; Biopsy; Drug Therapy; Humans; Injections, Intradermal; Pathology; Prednisolone; Sex; Skin Diseases; Tenosynovitis; Toxicology; Triamcinolone

Topics: Adolescent; Aging; Arthritis; Arthritis, Juvenile; Arthritis, Reactive; Arthritis, Rheumatoid; Colitis; Colitis, Ulcerative; Humans; Osteoporosis; Psoriasis; Rheumatic Diseases; Sex; Spinal Diseases; Spondylitis; Spondylitis, Ankylosing

Topics: Aging; Arthritis; Arthritis, Rheumatoid; Black People; Female; Humans; Latex Fixation Tests; Pregnancy; Rheumatoid Factor; Sex; Statistics as Topic; Virginia; White People

Topics: Achlorhydria; Adolescent; Aging; Anemia; Arthritis; Arthritis, Juvenile; Blood Sedimentation; Child; Fever; Follow-Up Studies; Gastric Acidity Determination; Gold; Hormones; Humans; Infant; Leukocyte Count; Physical Therapy Modalities; Prognosis; Salicylates; Sex

Topics: Arthritis; Arthritis, Rheumatoid; Communication; Epidemiology; Humans; Rheumatic Diseases; Sex; Sweden

Topics: Achlorhydria; Arthritis; Arthritis, Rheumatoid; Deglutition Disorders; Esophagus; Humans; Radiography; Sex; Sjogren's Syndrome; Xerostomia

Topics: Adolescent; Aging; Antistreptolysin; Antitoxins; Arthritis; Arthritis, Juvenile; Arthritis, Rheumatoid; Blood Protein Electrophoresis; Blood Sedimentation; Child; Clinical Laboratory Techniques; gamma-Globulins; Hemagglutination; Hemagglutination Tests; Hemoglobinometry; Humans; Hyaluronoglucosaminidase; Infant; Latex Fixation Tests; Rheumatic Fever; Sex; Toxins, Biological

Topics: Adolescent; Arthritis; Arthritis, Rheumatoid; Biopsy; Child; Diagnosis; Geriatrics; Humans; Pathology; Psoriasis; Sex; Synovitis

Topics: Adolescent; Africa; Africa, Eastern; Arthritis; Arthritis, Reactive; Black People; Child; Gout; Humans; Infant; Kenya; Rheumatic Fever; Rheumatic Heart Disease; Sex; Statistics as Topic

Topics: Aging; Arm; Arthritis; Cervical Vertebrae; Geriatrics; Humans; Intervertebral Disc; Intervertebral Disc Degeneration; Neck; Osteoarthritis; Pain; Radiography; Sex

Topics: Aging; Arthritis; Humans; Intervertebral Disc; Sex; Spinal Injuries; Spine; Spondylosis

Topics: Adolescent; Aging; Arthritis; Arthritis, Rheumatoid; Geriatrics; Hemolysin Proteins; Humans; Immunoglobulins; Liver Cirrhosis; Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic; Scleroderma, Systemic; Sex; Staphylococcus