Rheumatology
Rheumatology is a branch of medicine dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of diseases that affect the joints, muscles, and bones. These conditions are collectively known as rheumatic diseases and can cause pain, swelling, stiffness, and even disability.
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What is Rheumatology?
Modern field in medicine for
- Non-surgical prevention, management and treatment of joint, muscle, tendon, bone diseases
- Specified specialty for immune system and autoimmune disorders diagnosis and treatment
Which problems are included?
- Muscle, joint, bone disorders such as shoulder, knee, Hand, low back pain
- Osteoarthritis (The most common joint problem)
- Osteoporosis (The most common bone disorder)
- All typed of Rheumatism &Arthritis and soft tissue Rheumatism
- Gout and pseudo Gout
- Immune system mediated and autoimmune diseases Such as lupus, polymyositis
- Inflammatory spinal disorders such as spinal rheumatism and ankylosing spondylitis
- metabolic bone diseases such as osteomalacia
- Connective tissue diseases Such as systemic sclerosis
- Inflammatory vascular disorders such as vasculitis and vasculopathy
Which tools we have for Diagnosis?
- Bone Dexa scan and quantitative CT scan for detection of osteoporosis
- Musculoskeletal ultrasound a safe and rapid method for detection of joint an tendon problems
- High quality MRI machine
- The latest CT Scan machine
- The newest version of digital X-RAY Machine
What we do for Treatment Conventional?
- approved non-surgical prevention and treatment for bone joint muscle and soft tissue disorders
- Modern biologic therapy for autoimmune diseases
- Ultrasound guided intra-joint injections
- New developed treatment of osteoporosis
