letter from consultant
mig
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Hi all,Had a copy of letter that is sent to gp after my latest clinic appointment,part of it says have arranged inflammatory markers today for formal das assessment,so my question is what does a formal das assessment mean?Mig
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das is a disease assessment score. Its used to assess how active the disease is and whether meds are working or not.0
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Hi Mig
They check how many joints are affected/inflamed etc. suzy is bang on
Hope you are doing ok suzygirl too?
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Toni xxx0 -
Morning Mig
The National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society (NRAS) has a good booklet explaining how DAS assessments work and what the scores mean and I have put the link below for you.
http://www.nras.org.uk/help_for_you/publications/publication_detail.aspx?id=a0B80000005CJTnEAO
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Hi Mig
I am glad the others could help because I hadn't a clue, you learn something new everyday..you take care xxLove
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thanks all,thanks for the link.Mig0
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