Patient Education
What is Rheumatology?
Rheumatology is the subcategory of Internal Medicine, which deals with the treatment and management of rheumatological diseases. Rheumatological diseases include more than a hundred diseases of the musculoskeletal…
When to See a Rheumatologist?
Diagnosing a rheumatological disease can be challenging. Skeletal and muscle pain is very common and can occur several times in your lifetime. But from the rheumatologist’s point of…
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis is swelling of joints. It is an autoimmune disease, which means the patient body forms antibodies against its own organs and starts attacking healthy cells. It…
What is Osteoarthritis
OA is the most common joint disease when the cartilage between bones breaks down and causes severe chronic pain. This is an extremely common form of arthritis. Osteoarthritis…
What is Viscosupplementation?
What is Viscosupplementation? “Visco” is short for viscosity, while supplementation means adding viscous gel to the joint that supplements the joint current volume of fluid It is a…
What is Lupus?
Lupus is a chronic autoimmune condition involving multi-system inflammation. Etiology (cause or organ of disease) is unknown. In Lupus, your immune system cannot differentiate between foreign invaders like…
Gout
Gout is the most common type of arthritis that leads to inflammation in joints. Small crystals form around and in the joints which causes inflammation, pain, and swelling.…
How Does Viscosupplementation Therapy Help In Degenerative Joint Disease?
Degenerative joint disease or joint degeneration is also known as osteoarthritis. It’s known as “wear and tear” arthritis because joints wear down, enabling bones to rub against each…
What Is Glenohumeral Joint Osteoarthritis?
What Is Glenohumeral Joint Osteoarthritis? The shoulder joint or the glenohumeral joint is one of the most used joints among the entire articulating system of the body. Due…
How long does an Osteoarthritis flare up?
How long does an Osteoarthritis flare up? Osteoarthritis is a chronic illness that affects 80% of the US population, with symptoms such as severe joint pain, swelling, stiffness,…