Rheumatology

A rheumatologist is a doctor specializing in the back, joints, muscles, tendons and ligaments.

Right from childhood and throughout our life, we need to take care of our musculoskeletal system through suitable measures, such as proper use of our back and joints, both in terms of movement and poise, for harmonious growth.

In adults, in addition to prevention, we need to focus on early diagnosis and treatment of musculoskeletal problems, in order to ensure that affected people are quickly able to return to work. Another key goal is to prevent their problems from becoming chronic and debilitating, for better quality of life.

Rheumatology is a vast field, including:

• osteoarticular complaints: arthrosis, osteoporosis
• metabolic illnesses: gout, chondrocalcinosis
• inflammatory or autoimmune diseases: rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, systemic erythmatosus lupus
• infectious diseases: septic arthritis, spondylodiscitis
• neoplastic diseases: benign and malignant tumors
• dysgenic diseases: genetic back, cartilage or collagen complaints
• regional complex impairments: algoneurodystrophy
• fibromyalgia syndromes, chronic fatigue and painful somatoform disorders
  

Inflammatory rheumatism and auto-immune illnesses can be manifested by many extra particular disorders such as skin, eye, kidney, lung, and other organ infections.

Targeted infiltrations can ease osteoarticular pain and facilitate improvement in joint function.

Medical research has helped to considerably improve the treatment of inflammatory rheumatism, proposing innovative and effective drugs. They control inflammation and pain in order to improve patients’ general condition and quality of life.

Certain biological treatments may require day hospitalization for surveillance and optimal medical monitoring of the therapy.