RHEUMATOLOGY:-
RHEUMATIC DISEASES COMMONLY AFFECT JOINTS CAUSING ARTHRITIS (INFLAMATION OF JOINTS ). ARTHRITIS IS PAIN , SWELLING , STIFFNESS , WEAKNESS OF JOINTS .
ARTHITIS OF CAN EFFECT ALL THE JOINTS OF THE BODY . IT CAN AFFECT FINGERS , WRIST , ELBOW , SHOULDERS , NECK , THORASIC SPINE , LOWER BACK , SACROILIAC JOINT , KNEES , ANKLE , TOES CAUSING PAIN AND SSWELLING . LONG STADING DISEASES CAN CAUSE DEFORMITY OF THE JOINTS .
LONG STANDING RHEUMATIC DISEAEES CAN CAUSE FEVER , WEIGHT LOSS , SEVERE WEEKNESS.
RHEUMATIC DISEASES ALSO COMMONLY AFFECT THE HEART , BLOOD VESSEL, LYMPHATIC SYSTEM ,LUNGS , NERVOUS SYSTEM , KIDNEY , LIVER , GI TRACT , SKIN ,MUSCLE , EYE , AND OTHER BODY STRCTURES CAUSING DAMAGE TO INTERNAL ORGANS .
IT IS ACOMMON MISCONCEPET THAT ARTHRITIS AFFFCTS THE OLD PEOPLE ONLY . THE FACT IS THAT ARTHRITIS CAN AFFECT CHILDREN , ADULTS AND OLDER PEOPLE ALSO .
RHEUMATOLOGIST OR ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON- ORTHOPEDIC SURGEONS ARE THE QUALIFIED DOCTORS WHO TREAT THE PAIN AND FRACTURES CAUSED BY INJURY OR TRAUMA OR TO REPLACE THE JOINTS SEVERLY DAMAGED BY MEDICAL CONDITIONS .
RHEUMATOLOGIST IS THE DOCTOR WHO TREAT THE MEDICAL JOINT CONDITIONS -PAIN IN THE JOINTS AND BODY TAHT IS NOT CAUSED BY TRAUMA OR FRACTURE .