Rheumatology

Rheumatology involves the diagnosis and therapy of rheumatic disease involving joints, soft tissues, autoimmune diseases and other tissue disorders. These specialists examine the patient, diagnose and recommend treatments specific to the wide variety of rheumatic diseases

Types of Conditions Treated

- Rheumatoid arthritis

- Psoriatic arthritis

- Ankylosing spondylitis

- Gout

- Osteoporosis

- Osteoarthritis

- Vitamin D deficiency

- SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

- Systemic sclerosis

- Myositis

- Back/Neck pain of varied causes

- Fibromyalgia

- Chronic fatigue / weakness

- Sjogren’s syndrome

- Vasculitis

- Behcet’s disease

- Sarcoidosis

- Paediatric rheumatology

Procedures

- Tube thoracostomy for pleural effusion and pneumothorax

- Needle thoracentesis for pleural effusion

- Ultrasound guided needle thoracentesis/tube thoracostomy

- Pleural biopsy

- Bronchoscopy: the department is equipped with a broncho videoscope for diagnostic and therapeutic bronchoscopies (foreign body removal)

- Testing for allergies

Diagnostic Tools Used

- Chest radiograph

- CT scan of chest (64 slice CT scanner)

- Pulmonary function test

- Spirometry

- Polysomnography for diagnosis of sleep related breathing disorders

- Chest ultrasound