Understanding Arthritis: The Silent Menace Within

en Limba Engleză Paperback – 14 iul 2013

In Understanding Arthritis, Dr. Oyoo makes a spirited effort to demystify a disease many of his clients-and most Africans-are only now coming to terms with its destructive impact if left unattended. In simple language, he talks about arthritis in children, Rheumatoid arthritis, Reactive arthritis, Osteoarthritis, Gout, and Lupus. What you find in this book is a case of how each type of arthritis presents, its diagnosis, its treatment, the foods required for its management and education. Life can be lived better by understanding how this disease behaves

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Dr. Omondi Oyoo is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Clinical Medicine and Therapeutics, School of Medicine, University of Nairobi. He received his medical degree from the University of Nairobi and later completed his residency in Internal Medicine at the same university. He obtained his fellowships and gained experience in Rheumatology at the Tel Aviv University, in Israel, University of Cape Town, in the Republic of South Africa, Tulane University, in U.S.A. and Louisiana State University, also in U.S.A. In addition, Dr. Oyoo has studied International Health as a Humphrey Fellowship Scholar at Tulane University, in New Orleans, and Epidemiology at Aberdeen University, in United Kingdom. In the year 2010, Dr. Oyoo was appointed the Bone and Joint Decade ambassador by the International Steering Committee of the Bone and Joint Decade in appreciation of his role in promoting the goals of the organization and in recognition of distinguished professional excellence and service to colleagues and people affected by musculoskeletal disorders. In the same year he was also proclaimed as a great mind of the 21st century by the governing board of the American Biographical Institute due to significant accomplishment within and mastery of Rheumatology.