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About Amelia Yaussy
Expertise
I can answer questions about systemic scleroderma and live and internet resources to help you cope with this disease. I have personal experince with scleroderma, osteoarthritis, fibromyalgia, and Sjogren's Syndrome.

Experience
I am a systemic scleroderma patient (12 years) and have been active in support online for nearly the same amount of time. I proposed the Usenet newsgroup alt.support.scleroderma and own the website ihavescleroderma.com.

Organizations
I am a board member and volunteer for the Scleroderma Foundation, Ohio Chapter.

Publications
Arthritis Today, Sept 1997, "A guide to the internet"

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International Webmasters Association, Web Technologies Certification

Awards and Honors
Volunteer of the Year, Scleroderma Foundation, 2004; Advocacy Appreciation Award, Scleroderma Foundation, 2005

 
   

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Topic: Rheumatology (including Arthritis)



Expert: Amelia Yaussy
Date: 10/1/2007
Subject: rheumatoid arthritus

Question
I HAVE SUFFERED FROM RA FOR ABOUT 6=7 YEARS, CAN YOU SUFFER FROM OESTEOARTHRITUS AS WELL AS RHEUMATOID, IS IT POSSIBLE TO HAVE 2 KINDS OF ARTHRITUS ??

Answer
The Arthritis Foundation has a good brochure about the differences between rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis at http://ww2.arthritis.org/conditions/onlinebrochures/Osteoarthritis_brochure.pdf
It does note that both can occur in the same patient.

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