Specialties:
- Allergy
- Dermatology
- Endocrinology
- ENT
- Hematology/Oncology
- Internal Medicine
- Neurology
- OB/GYN
- Occupational Medicine (The Workplace)
- Ophthalmology
- Ophthalmology, Pediatric
- Oral Surgery
- Orthopaedics
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Plastic Surgery
- Radiology
- Rheumatology
- Sleep Medicine
- SureAccess MD (Retainer Medicine)
- Surgery, General and Vascular
Rheumatology
Physicians
Rheumatology is a sub-specialty in internal medicine, devoted to the diagnosis and therapy of rheumatic diseases. Rheumatologists deal mainly with clinical problems involving joints, soft tissues and the allied conditions of connective tissues.
Rheumatologists treat arthritis, certain autoimmune diseases, musculoskeletal pain disorders and osteoporosis. There are more than 200 types of these diseases. Some of these are very serious diseases that can be difficult to diagnose and treat. Patient education programs and occupational therapy also go hand in hand with this specialty.
The major rheumatic disorders currently recognized include:
- Ankylosing spondylitis
- Bursitis/Tendonitis
- Osteoarthritis
- Psoriatic arthritis
- Rheumatic fever
- Rheumatic heart disaese
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Temporal arteritis
- Polymyalgia rehumatica
- Tenosynovitis
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