Abstract Number: 2260 • ACR Convergence 2022
Transcutaneous Vagal Nerve Stimulation Improves Destabilized Medial Meniscus-Induced Osteoarthritis Pain Associated with Significant Serum Biomarker Changes
Background/Purpose: Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common form of arthritis, affecting over 32.5 million US adults and characterized by pain, stiffness, swelling and functional disability.…Abstract Number: 2236 • ACR Convergence 2022
Association of microRNA-30b Plasma Expression with Fibromyalgia Clinical Features and with Corneal Small Nerve Fiber Pathology
Background/Purpose: There is a clear association between fibromyalgia and small fiber neuropathy. Dorsal root ganglia contain the small nerve fiber nuclei. Severe fibromyalgia is associated…Abstract Number: PP14 • ACR Convergence 2022
The Use of Social Support as Treatment
Background/Purpose: The months leading up to my diagnosis were frustrating. Initially my hair started falling out. I was told it was stress related. I was…Abstract Number: PP13 • ACR Convergence 2022
How Becoming Engaged in My Care with Specialized Tools and Support Helped Me Find My Personal Lupus Triggers and Regain Control of My Health
Background/Purpose: My story begins in the ER where I was diagnosed with lupus right after my 22nd birthday.For the next 25 years I went from…Abstract Number: PP17 • ACR Convergence 2022
Engaging with the Spoon Theory: How I Make Decisions Using a Cost-Benefit Analysis That Works to Improve My Mental Health While Living with RA
Background/Purpose: Patients living with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) often also live with comorbid mental health conditions. Regardless of diagnosed mental health condition, living with a chronic…Abstract Number: PP18 • ACR Convergence 2022
From Devastated to Empowered: How Patient Engagement in Research Changes Lives
Background/Purpose: In April of 2015 I was a 29 year-old single mom diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). RA wasn't unknown to me; my aunt who…Abstract Number: PP16 • ACR Convergence 2022
Please Hear Me: How Effective Provider-Patient Communication Improved My Psoriatic Arthritis
Background/Purpose: At age 12, I was diagnosed with psoriasis (PsO) followed by a diagnosis of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) at age 30. I'm now 38. In…Abstract Number: PP20 • ACR Convergence 2022
‘It Is Due to Stress’ – But Which Type of Stress? Cumulative childhood stress is a risk factor for autoimmune disease
Background/Purpose: Trauma can have profound detrimental influences on our health and well-being. I am tangibly familiar with how trauma can impact the individual due to…Abstract Number: PP15 • ACR Convergence 2022
Coordination of Care by a Healthcare Team for Unexpected and Unusual Side Effects Occurring During a Global Pandemic
Background/Purpose: I am a patient who lives with moderate to severe RA. My quality of life is dependent on medications such as a biologic, DMARDs…Abstract Number: PP11 • ACR Convergence 2022
Exercise as a Supportive Treatment for My Ankylosing Spondylitis
Background/Purpose: Patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases (ARDs) are often caught in a paradox as they experience mobility challenges, but long periods of immobility cause increased…Abstract Number: PP26 • ACR Convergence 2022
Chronically Catherine: A Sex and the City-Inspired Autobiographical Column for Disabled Young Adults on Subjects We Really Care About – Like Disabled Dating and How Hot Cheetos Saved My Life
Background/Purpose: What if Carrie Bradshaw, sex advice columnist, fashionsta, and all around icon from Sex and the City were chronically ill? Or disabled? That's the…Abstract Number: PP09 • ACR Convergence 2022
A Matter of Life and Death: Why Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Matter for Health Care Providers
Background/Purpose: In 2017, I went from exercising daily to hardly able to walk due to severe knee pain. My primary care doctor ordered x-rays and…Abstract Number: PP12 • ACR Convergence 2022
We Became Advocates, Educators, and a Support System for Hispanic/Latino Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Their Caregivers Through Involvement in a Virtual Patient Advisory Board
Background/Purpose: Each of us has been diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), from as recently as one year ago to as long as 20 years ago.…Abstract Number: 2187 • ACR Convergence 2022
Decision-Making Around Vaccination and Other Public Health Measures During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Experiences of Individuals with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background/Purpose: The spectrum of individual decisions about adopting public health measures (e.g., vaccination programs, physical distancing, mask wearing) to reduce COVID-19 transmission has important implications…Abstract Number: 1996 • ACR Convergence 2022
Individual Patient Data Meta-analysis on Continued Use of Glucocorticoids After Their Use as Bridging Therapy in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background/Purpose: Short-term (< 3 months) treatment with glucocorticoids (GC) ("bridging") is recommended in the EULAR 2019 rheumatoid arthritis (RA) recommendations when starting a csDMARD in…
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