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2. Sodium aurothiomalate - Wikipedia

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   Sodium aurothiomalate (INN, known in the United States as gold sodium thiomalate) is a gold compound that is used for its immunosuppressive anti-rheumatic effects. [2] [3] Along with an orally-administered gold salt, auranofin, it is one of only two gold compounds currently employed in modern medicine.

3. Doctors Explain the Real Reason Fingers Get Pruney in Water - AOL

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   “When our fingers and toes are submerged in water, the sympathetic nervous system triggers the blood vessels in our fingers and toes to constrict, causing skin wrinkles,” explains Ashley ...

4. Nail clubbing - Wikipedia

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   Nail clubbing, also known as digital clubbing or clubbing, is a deformity of the finger or toe nails associated with a number of diseases, anomalies and defects, some congenital, mostly of the heart and lungs. [2] [3] When it occurs together with joint effusions, joint pains, and abnormal skin and bone growth it is known as hypertrophic ...

5. Gold-containing drugs - Wikipedia

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   Research on the medicinal effects of gold began in 1935, [2] primarily to reduce inflammation and to slow disease progression in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. The use of gold compounds has decreased since the 1980s because of numerous side effects and monitoring requirements, limited efficacy, and very slow onset of action.

6. Rheumatoid arthritis - Wikipedia

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   Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a long-term autoimmune disorder that primarily affects joints. [1] It typically results in warm, swollen, and painful joints. [1] Pain and stiffness often worsen following rest. [1] Most commonly, the wrist and hands are involved, with the same joints typically involved on both sides of the body. [1]

7. Acquired hand deformity - Wikipedia

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   Current treatments for hand deformities can be classified by non-surgical or surgical methods. Non-surgical options aim to reduce symptoms and maintain function, such as medicinal treatments like corticosteroids, physical therapy, and splinting. Surgical procedures, however, are rather reserved for extreme cases, but this depends on the ...

8. Joint cracking - Wikipedia

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   The cracking of joints, especially knuckles, was long believed to lead to arthritis and other joint problems. However, this has been debunked . The cracking mechanism and the resulting sound is caused by dissolved gas (nitrogen gas) cavitation bubbles suddenly collapsing inside the joints. This happens when the joint cavity is stretched beyond ...

9. The Rolling Stones: Keith Richards says arthritis in fingers ...

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   Stones guitarist said condition has opened up ‘new door’ for finding different techniques when playing instrument