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A branch that deals with rheumatic disorders of muscle, joint, and connective tissue. The main common feature of these disorders is that the most important symptoms of the disease are on these tissues. In addition, internal organ involvement can occur. There are two main branches in our country that deal with rheumatic diseases. Physical medicine and internal medicine specialists. Specialist physiatry and internal medicine specialists can also become rheumatologists by taking top specialty training. We can separate rheumatic disorders into two large groups of inflammatory and non-inflammatory conditions. Examples of non-inflammatory diseases include soft tissue rheumatism, arthritis and tendonitis. The main concern of rheumatology is the more inflamed joint rheumatism. These diseases can cause disability when they are not treated on time and correctly and can cause life-threatening with internal organ involvement. The most effective treatment of inflammatory rheumatisms today is 'drugs that stop rheumatism'. (DMARD). Treatment of biological agents developed in recent years has also been a hope for many patients with inflammatory rheumatism. Patients with inflammatory rheumatism should be physically under the control of their life. This is necessary both for tracking the course of the disease and for tracking possible side effects against the drugs.
Some diseases that are of interest to rheumatology:
