Welcome to Arthritis Support Board
Rheumatology as a speciality deals with all types of arthritis including Rheumatoid arthritis, Osteoarthritis, Reactive arthritis, Ankylosing spondylitis, all types of joint pains including knee pain/ shoulder pain, connective tissue diseases like SLE (Lupus), Scleroderma, Polymyositis and Osteoporosis.
Know the Disease
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis is an autoimmune disease affecting the joints. Normally, body’s immune system is designed to fight microoraganisms causing infections. Due to various reasons, the immune system may start considering its own body organs as foreign & attacks it. This self intolerance is known as autoimmunity.....
Gout
Gout is a painful arthritis caused by deposition of uric acid crystals in the joints. Uric acid is a product of break down of the purines in the body. Being a breakdown product, it is naturally present in the blood. However, when it accumulates in the blood......