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World Arthritis Day - October 12
Dr. Dheeraj KondagariRheumatologist • 13 Years Exp.Fellowship in Rheumatology, MD - General Medicine
When should a patient consult a rheumatologist?
- If the patient is suffering from any of the below symptoms, he might be having rheumatic diseases.
- Joint pains and swellings
- Severe joint pains and stiffness in the morning
- Severe back pain and stiffness in the morning
- Unexplained generalized body pains
- Recurrent mouth ulcers/hair loss
- Dryness of mouth/eyes, red rashes on cheeks
- Recurrent heel pains
- Prolonged unexplained fevers after detailed work up by physicians
- Wounds on skin not healing over a period of time referred by a surgeon and physician
- Persistent problems regarding abortions referred after primary work up by a gynecologist
- Recurrent uvietis after primary work up by an ophthalmologist.
- Unexplained pulmonary renal syndromes at primary care level.
It is important to see a rheumatologist, who has the training and experience to diagnose various forms of inflammatory arthritis
When the initial diagnosis is in doubt
- To pick up and manage extraarticular manifestations like vasculitis, eye involvement, pleuropulmonary involvement, lymphadenopathy etc in rhematoid arthritis
- Arthritis not controlled by traditional dmards
- Connective tissue disorders like sle, sjogrens syndrome, systemic sclerosis, mixed and undifferentiated connective tissue disorders etc
- Vasculitidis and other rare autoimmune diseases.
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