Diseases of the joints, muscles and connective tissue (rheumatology)

Takayasu's syndrome

Takayasu's syndrome is an inflammation of the aorta and its branches of granulomatous nature. This disease occurs most often in women of reproductive age.

Giant cell arteritis is an inflammation of the granulomatous nature of the aorta and its branches. The disease develops in people over 50 years old and is combined with a disease such as rheumatic polymyalgia.

Polymyalgia rheumatica

Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a rheumatic disease characterized by pain and stiffness in the neck, shoulders and hips. This disease is more common in adults over 50 years of age.

Cryoglobulinemic vasculitis

Cryoglobulinemic vasculitis - vasculitis with cryoglobulinemic immune deposits, affecting small vessels (capillaries, venules, arterioles) mainly of the skin and glomeruli of the kidneys and combined with serum cryoglobulinemia. Infection with hepatitis C virus is considered as an etiologic factor of the disease.

Septic arthritis

Septic arthritis is a rapidly progressive infectious disease of the joints, caused by the direct ingress of pyogenic microorganisms into the joint cavity.

Pyrophosphate arthropathy

Pyrophosphate arthropathy, or calcium pyrophosphate precipitation disease of dihydrate is a disease. Caused by the formation and deposition in the connective tissue of calcium pyrophosphate crystals of dihydrate.

Gout: causes, symptoms, stages, diagnosis, treatment, prognosis

Gout is a systemic disease in which crystals of monourate sodium are deposited in various tissues and inflammation due to external and / or genetic factors develops in persons with hyperuricemia.

Psoriatic arthritis

Psoriatic arthritis is a chronic inflammatory disease of the joint, spine and enthesis associated with psoriasis. Psoriatic arthritis belongs to the group of seronegative spondyloarthropathies.

Reactive arthritis in adults

Reactive arthritis of the joints is a non-inflammatory "sterile" inflammatory disease of the musculoskeletal system, induced by infections of extra-articular localization, especially the genitourinary or intestinal tract. Along with ankylosing spondylitis and psoriatic joint damage, reactive arthritis is included in the seronegative spondyloarthritis group, which is associated with the defeat of the iliac-sacral joint and spine.

Bechterew's disease: treatment and prognosis

Treatment of Bekhterev's disease pursues several goals - to reduce the severity of inflammation and pain, to prevent the development and progression of mobility disorders of the spine and joints.

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