[Bobbi]

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Illness Abbreviations

AS - Ankylosing Spondylitis
DJD - Degenerative Joint Disease
JRA - Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis
USpA - Undifferentiated Spondyloarthropathy


Medication Abbreviations

DMARDs - Disease-Modifiying Anti-Rheumatic Drugs
IM - Intramuscular (injection into muscle)
MTX - Methotrexate
NSAIDs - Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs
SAARD - Slow Acting Anti-Rheumatic Drug
TNF - Tumor Necrosis Factor (blocker / inhibitor)


Other Abbreviations

ANA - Antinuclear Anitibody
ESR - Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate
RF - Rheumatoid Factor

CT or CAT scan - Computed Tomography
DEXA Scan - Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry
EMG - Electromyography
NCS - Nerve Conduction Study
NCV - Nerve Conduction Velocity
MRI - Magnetic Resonance Imaging
U/S - Ultrasound

[Bobbi]

No stress and no pressure, Wittesea. Just do it when you may have time . No prob. just contributing here, for now... and helping build the list until you may feel up to it.

There are two acronyms that might be familiar to some and just a difference between preferences that some PMs (Pain Management docs) and rheumys (rheumatologists) express.

Here are the abbreviations, which in essence and in effect, mean the same thing:

PSIS
PSIC

PSIS is something I learned from my PM office (and doc); it means: Posterior Superior Iliac Spine.

PSIC equates with or means: Posterior Superior Iliac Crest.

For patients? It seems it all depends on the specialization of the doc which term is the one to apply .

[michael178]

L & I = labor and industry

[prairiemary]

G.B.S for Guillain-Barre Syndrome!

[Robibbie1]

Originally Posted by michael178

L & I = labor and industry

Licenses and inspections!