Rheumatology

Rheumatology

Rheumatology is the medical specialty that deals with diseases of the musculoskeletal system, including locoregional, degenerative, inflammatory, infectious, and/or neoplastic syndromes, and connective tissue diseases, which encompass all types of autoimmune and systemic diseases. It covers more than one hundred diseases, among which the following stand out:

• Osteoarthritis
• Osteoporosis
• Arthritis and Periarthritis
• Hyperuricemia and Gout
• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Psoriatic Arthritis
• Fibromyalgia
• Systemic lupus erythematosus
• Scleroderma
• vasculitis

The following diagnostic and therapeutic techniques are also included:

• musculoskeletal ultrasound
• Bone densitometry
• Synovial fluid analysis
• Arthrocentesis
• Local infiltrations
• Hyaluronic acid