Rheumatology is a branch of medicine that deals with rheumatic diseases of the osteoarticular system and inflammatory conditions of connective tissue – so-called collagenoses. These are diseases often of autoimmune origin. Rheumatologists deal with degenerative and inflammatory conditions that cause severe and recurrent pain. Rheumatologists treat:

• rheumatoid arthritis
• psoriatic arthritis
• rheumatic fever
• ankylosing spondylitis
• systemic lupus erythematosus
• sarcoidosis
• fibromyalgia
• osteoporosis