Clinical Immunology
The department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology provides comprehensive care to adult patients suffering from arthritis, rheumatic and auto-immune diseases.
Our Team
The symptoms of rheumatological symptoms are varied. Some conditions are multisystemic diseases involving multiple organ systems at a time. The symptoms may include- joint pain, joint swelling, joint restriction,back pain or back stiffness, mouth ulcers, skin problems (rashes, tightening or thickening), lung problems (shortness of breath, dry cough), muscle problems (weakness, difficulty in getting up from sitting or squatting posture, difficulty in lifting hands above the shoulders), heart problems (pulmonary artery hypertension), kidney problems (proteinuria - increased protein in urine causing leg swelling), nerve problems (nerve weakness).
- Different types of arthritis including - causing joint pain, joint swelling or joint stiffness; back pain or back stiffness.
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Seronegative spondyloarthritis like Ankylosing spondylitis, Psoriatic arthritis, IBD associated arthritis, Reactive arthritis
- Gout
- Calcium pyrophosphate deposition arthritis (CPPD)
- Osteoarthritis
- Tendonitis - pain around the joints like heel, around the elbow
- Inflammatory Myositis - weakness of arms and legs causing difficulty in getting up from squatting posture or sitting posture; difficulty in lifting arms above the shoulders.
- Systemic lupus erythematosus - Multisystem affecting skin (rash, mouth ulcers), joints, kidneys, blood system (low hemoglobin, low platelets, low white cells), kidneys, nerves.
- Scleroderma or Systemic sclerosis - Skin tightening or thickening, lung and heart problems (shortness or breath, dry cough), Raynaud’s phenomenon (color change of finger tips to blue or white on cold exposure).
- Primary Sjogren's syndrome - dry eyes and dry mouth.
- Vasculitis - multisystem diseases causing - skin rash, joint pains / swelling, nerve problems, lung problems (cough, breathing problems, hemoptysis - blood in cough), kidney problems.
- Fibromyalgia - Generalized body pains.
- Mixed connective tissue disease - Joint pains / swelling, Skin tightening or thickening, lung and heart problems (shortness or breath, dry cough), Raynaud’s phenomenon (color change of finger tips to blue or white on cold exposure).
- Treatment of different types of arthritis, connective tissue diseases, vasculitis; soft tissue rheumatism
- Facilities - Intra articular injections, joint aspiration, biological injections and infusions, skin biopsy, minor salivary gland biopsy, nail fold capillaroscopy
- Inpatient treatment
