The nine-month arthritis 'cure.' (rheumatoid arthritis symptoms disappear during pregnancy)

From: Science News | Date: October 23, 1993| Author: | Copyright information

Why do symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis abate during pregnancy?

In the 1930s, Philip Hench of the Mayo Clinic encountered a medical mystery: case after case in which women with rheumatoid arthritis claimed their joint pain and swelling had completely vanished during pregnancy.

Hench listened carefully to his patients and wrote up several of their histories for the March 16, 1938 PROCEEDINGS OF THE STAFF MEETINGS OF THE MAYO CLINIC, including this description of a 33-year-old woman with the disorder:

"Many joints were red and swollen, housework was very painful, and ...

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