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mig · 3. May 2012, 13:26

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

suzygirl · 3. May 2012, 13:33

das is a disease assessment score. Its used to assess how active the disease is and whether meds are working or not.

frogmorton · 3. May 2012, 15:11

Hi Mig

They check how many joints are affected/inflamed etc. suzy is bang on

Hope you are doing ok suzygirl too?

Love

Toni xxx

tillytop · 4. May 2012, 05:21

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

Love Tillyxxx

barbara12 · 4. May 2012, 05:57

Hi Mig
I am glad the others could help because I hadn't a clue, you learn something new everyday..you take care xx

mig · 4. May 2012, 06:31

thanks all,thanks for the link.Mig

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