Rheumatology
Rheumatology is the branch of medicine that diagnoses and treats painful disorders affecting soft tissues around the joints and bones.
Common conditions seen by a rheumatologist
- Arthritis
- AS (ankylosing spondylitis)
- Connective tissue diseases
- Fibromyalgia
- Gout
- Joint and tissue infections
- Lupus
- Metabolic bone disease
- Osteoporosis
- Polymyalgia rheumatic (PMR)