Nov 10, 2026 | Arthritis, Blog, Inflammation
Your joints are swollen. The pain keeps you up at night. Your doctor ran blood tests for arthritis, and every one came back negative. So what now? If this sounds familiar, you’re not imagining your symptoms. Many people with real, active joint inflammation have normal...
Nov 6, 2026 | Arthritis, Blog, Chicago Arthritis, News, Newsletter, Recent Press, Regenerative, regenerative medicine, Rheumatoid arthritis
Living with joint pain, stiffness, or chronic inflammation can affect everything from your sleep to your work to the activities you love. The good news is that today’s arthritis care goes far beyond pain pills and surgery. At Chicago Arthritis and Regenerative...
Nov 6, 2026 | Arthritis, Blog, Chicago Arthritis, Lupus
You open your patient portal and see it: ANA – Positive. For many people, that one word brings instant worry. Does it mean lupus? Rheumatoid arthritis? A lifelong autoimmune disease? The short answer: not necessarily. A positive ANA test is a clue, not a diagnosis....
Nov 4, 2026 | Arthritis, Blog, Inflammation
Living with inflammatory arthritis can feel uncertain. Some days your joints feel manageable. Other days, the pain, stiffness, and swelling seem to take over. But one question many patients never get a clear answer to is: How aggressive is my arthritis, really?...
Nov 2, 2026 | Arthritis, Blog, Chicago Arthritis, Lupus
You’ve had swollen, painful joints for months. Your hands are stiff in the morning, and your wrists or feet ache. Then your blood work comes back “negative,” and you’re told it probably isn’t rheumatoid arthritis. That conclusion can be wrong, and it can delay the...
Oct 22, 2026 | Arthritis, Blog, Inflammation
Many patients think of arthritis as one condition. In reality, you can have more than one type at the same time. It’s especially common for someone with an inflammatory condition like ankylosing spondylitis to also develop degenerative “wear-and-tear” arthritis. The...
