Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology
This superspeciality branch is dedicated for joint related diseases as well as autoimmune diseases. The department is specialized in providing comprehensive care for all the immune mediated diseases which predominantly manifest as joint pain. Apart from joint symptoms these immune mediated diseases can also affect skin, eyes, muscle, lung, kidney, heart, and nervous systems. Early diagnosis and appropriate treatment will help the patients to lead a comfortable pain free life.
Services provided
Medical management
1. Joint problems
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Osteoarthritis
- Gout
- Other crystal arthritis
- Viral arthritis
- Seronegative Spondyloarthritis like Ankylosing spondylitis, Psoriatic arthritis, Reactive arthritis, Enteropathic arthritis
2. Muscle diseases
- Dermatomyositis
- Polymyositis
3. Other autoimmune disease
- Systemic lupus erythematosis(SLE)
- Sjogren’s syndrome
- Sarcoidosis
- Behcet’s disease
- Vasculitis
- Fibromyalgia
Procedures
- Intra-articular injections
- Minor salivary gland biopsy
- Superficial Nerve/muscle biopsy
Faculty
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Dr Pramod Chebbi
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Assistant Professor
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