Showing posts with label rheumatology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rheumatology. Show all posts
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[Rheumatology] Introduction
This field specialises in diseases of the connective tissue.
There is significant overlap with immunology, orthopaedics, and dermatology.
Ancient Greek ῥευματισμός (rheumatismós) = humour, discharge, rheum
Ancient Greek λογία (logia) = study
Rheumatology = the study of flowing currents / humours.
The humours are essentially an old medical concept of human essences, which remain in a careful state of balance in healthy humans. The name "rheumatology" is not completely inappropriate today, because many rheumatological diseases actually do involve elevated "essences" which include: antibodies, compliment proteins, cytokines, inflammatory cells, uric acid (in gout) and CPPD (in pseudogout). For the same reason, the capability of the immune system to produce antibodies and compliment proteins is often called "humoral immunity".
There is significant overlap with immunology, orthopaedics, and dermatology.
Etymology
Ancient Greek ῥεῦμα (rheûma) = flowing currentAncient Greek ῥευματισμός (rheumatismós) = humour, discharge, rheum
Ancient Greek λογία (logia) = study
Rheumatology = the study of flowing currents / humours.
The humours are essentially an old medical concept of human essences, which remain in a careful state of balance in healthy humans. The name "rheumatology" is not completely inappropriate today, because many rheumatological diseases actually do involve elevated "essences" which include: antibodies, compliment proteins, cytokines, inflammatory cells, uric acid (in gout) and CPPD (in pseudogout). For the same reason, the capability of the immune system to produce antibodies and compliment proteins is often called "humoral immunity".
History taking
Physical examination
Common presentations
Connective tissue diseases
Immune system diseases
Musculoskeletal diseases
Diseases:
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- Infectious arthritis
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteoporosis
- Psoriatic arthritis
- Gout
- CPPD crystal deposition disease
- Ankylosing spondylitis
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Polymyalgia rheumatica
- Systemic vasculitis
- Anti-phospholipid syndrome
- Adult-onset Still's disease
- Sjögren's syndrome
- Systemic sclerosis
- Dermatomyositis
- Polymyositis
- Sarcoidosis
- Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
- Fibromyalgia
Friday, 14 June 2019
Crystal arthropathies
Disease class: Joint diseases
Types
- Chondrocalcinosis
- Rotator cuff tear arthropathy
- Gout
- Calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystal deposition disease (pseudogout)
- Hydroxyapatite deposition disease
- Oxalate arthropathy
This is a cause of inflammatory arthritis.
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