Polymyalgia rheumatica (English spelling)

Japanese: polymyalgia rheumatica(英語表記)polymyalgiarheumatica
Polymyalgia rheumatica (English spelling)

…It was not until the 16th century that rheumatoid arthritis (abbreviated as RA) was recorded as an independent disease. Currently, the only diseases that bear the name rheumatism are rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatic fever (abbreviated as RF), and polymyalgia rheumatica (abbreviated as PR). Of these, rheumatoid arthritis and rheumatic fever are commonly referred to as rheumatism, and the term often refers to the former in particular. Therefore, when simply referring to rheumatism, it is necessary to clarify whether it is being used as a symptom name or a disease name, and if it is used as a disease name, which disease is being referred to. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "polymyalgia rheumatica" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…独立した疾患として慢性関節リウマチrheumatoid arthritis(RAと略す)が記載されたのは16世紀になってからである。現在,リウマチという名をもっている単独疾患は,慢性関節リウマチのほか,リウマチ熱rheumatic fever(RFと略す)とリウマチ性多発筋肉痛polymyalgia rheumatica(PRと略す)で,このうち慢性関節リウマチとリウマチ熱が俗にリウマチといわれ,とくに前者をさしていうことが多い。したがって,単にリウマチという場合には,症状名として使用しているのか,疾患名として使用しているのか,また疾患名として使用されている場合にはどの疾患をさすのか,はっきりする必要がある。…

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