Orthopedics, Arthroplasty and Rheumatology

Rheumatic Diseases

The word" Rheumatic Disease" refers to a variety of affections that affect the bones, muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, and cartilage (arthritis refers to diseases that substantially affect the joints). The symptoms of rheumatic conditions are common pain, swelling in a joint or joints, Joint stiffness that lasts for at least 1 hour in the early morning, habitual pain or tender heartedness in a joint or joints,etc.

• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Sjogren pattern
• Dermatomyositis/ polymyositis
• Scleroderma/ systemic sclerosis