Rheumatism

Rheumatism or Rheumatic disorder is a general term for medical problems that can hurt the heart, bones, joints, kidney, skin and lungs. The study of these problems is called rheumatology.

 Types 
The major rheumatic disorders that are known, some are:
 Ankylosing spondylitis
 Back pain
 Bursitis/ Tendinitis, Shoulder pain, wrist, biceps, leg, knee (patellar), ankle, hip, and Achilles
 Capsulitis
 Fibromyalgia
 Neck pain
 Osteoarthritis
 Psoriatic arthritis
 Rheumatic fever
 Rheumatic heart disease (a long-term complication of Rheumatic fever)
 Rheumatoid arthritis
 Systemic lupus erythematosus
 Temporal arteritis and Polymyalgia rheumatica
 Tenosynovitis.

 Treatment 
Many traditional herbal remedies were recommended for "rheumatism". Modern medicine, both conventional and complementary, shows that the different rheumatic disorders have different causes (and several of them have more than one) and need different kinds of treatment.

 Other websites 
 American College of Rheumatology
 EULAR - The European League Against Rheumatism
 BBC "Your Health" website on Arthritis and Rheumatism 
 e-medicine article on Non-Articular Rheumatism

Category:Rheumatology
Category:Diseases