Rheumatology is a medical specialty dealing with the diagnosis and management of over 100 diseases that can affect the joints and connective tissues. These are often autoimmune and inflammatory in origin but can also be genetic or from infectious diseases.
The following is a list of the most common diseases that we treat within the field of adult and pediatric rheumatology:
Rheumatoid arthritis
Osteoarthritis
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (previously known as JRA)
JIA Associated Uveitis
Systemic Lupus Erythematosis
Dermatomyositis
Polymyositis
Mixed Connective Tissue Disease
Undifferentiatied CTD
Sjogren's Syndrome
Scleroderma
Linear Scleroderma
CREST Syndrome
Psoriatic Arthritis
Ankylosing Spondylitis
Spondyloarthropathy
Sacroiliitis
Reactive Arthritis
Colitis Arthritis
Enteropathic Arthritis
Juvenile Enthesopathy
Gout
Pseudogout/CPPD
Lyme disease
Viral arthritis
Polymyalgia Rheumatica
Temporal arteritis/Giant Cell Arteritis
Polyarteritis Nodosa
Wegener's Granulomatosis
ANCA Associated Vasculitis
Churg Strauss Vasculitis
Relapsing Polychondritis
CNS Vasculitis
Leucocytoclastic vasculitis/HSP
Behcet's disease
Sarcoidosis
Neurosarcoidosis
Periodic Fever Syndromes/
Autoinflammatory diseases
Fibromyalgia
Tendinitis
Bursitis
Plantar Fasciitis
Spondylosis
Lumbar Facet arthritis
Foramen stenosis
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