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Hand disorders in the course of systemic and chronic diseases: a review
Andrzej Zyluk1, Katarzyna Skała1
1Department of General and Hand Surgery, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland.
Abstract:
Systemic and chronic diseases frequently affect function of many organs and systems, not only those from which they derive. The hand is a very complicated structure in the human body and its normal activity is related to undisturbed function of many factors. Therefore, the hand is frequently exposed to harmful effects of systemic diseases. The article reports on disorders and functional disturbances of the hand that, more frequently than in an average population, accompany selected systemic diseases: rheumatoid arthritis, gout, and scleroderma. Hand diseases related to diabetes are a subject of a separate paper. This study reviews typical disorders involving hand structures: joints, tendons and nerves. Their prevention and management is described.
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