Arthritis & Joint Pain

What symptoms should prompt an assessment?

You do not need to have every symptom below — and having one does not mean you have a particular disease. These are the patterns that commonly lead to a rheumatology consultation:

• Painful, swollen, warm or tender joints.
• Morning stiffness or stiffness after sitting or resting.
• Pain affecting the small joints of the hands, wrists or feet.
• Several joints becoming painful or swollen at the same time.
• Reduced movement or difficulty walking, gripping or completing daily tasks.
• Repeated episodes of sudden, severe redness and swelling, especially in the big toe, foot, ankle or knee.
• Joint symptoms occurring alongside psoriasis, a recent infection or inflammatory bowel disease.

Which conditions does this cover?

How is it diagnosed and treated?

Dr. Ashish Baweja combines a detailed clinical assessment with targeted investigations — blood tests and inflammatory markers, imaging, and where relevant procedures such as joint aspiration, nail fold capillaroscopy or biopsy — to reach an accurate diagnosis. Treatment plans follow current international (EULAR/ACR) guidelines and are personalised to your condition, lifestyle and goals, with an emphasis on achieving long-term remission and protecting quality of life.

This page is general information to help guide a consultation. It is not a diagnosis.