- Treatment Nail Fold Capillaroscopy Procedure Nail fold capillaroscopy is a painless five-minute examination of the tiny blood vessels at the base of the fingernails, using a specialised microscope. It answers one q…
- Question Does capillaroscopy hurt? No. A drop of oil is placed on the skin at the base of each nail and the area is examined under a microscope. There are no needles and no radiation, and it takes about f…
- Question What is nail fold capillaroscopy? It is a quick, painless examination of the tiny blood vessels at the base of your fingernails using a special microscope. It helps distinguish harmless cold-sensitive fi…
- Condition Raynaud's Phenomenon Raynaud's disease, Raynaud's syndrome …irst sign of an autoimmune disease, and nail fold capillaroscopy is the test that tells them apart.
- Condition Systemic Sclerosis / Scleroderma Scleroderma, SSc Systemic sclerosis is an autoimmune disease that causes thickening and tightening of the skin along with damage to small blood vessels and internal organs. It almost alw…
- Article Innovations in rheumatology and diagnostic procedures Why procedural expertise — joint aspiration, capillaroscopy, targeted biopsy — changes what a rheumatologist can tell you, and how quickly.
- Article The role of clinical immunology in rheumatological care Autoimmune disease rarely respects the boundaries of a single joint or organ. Dual training in immunology and rheumatology changes how complex cases are approached.
- Page Meet Dr. Ashish Baweja Consultant, Institute of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Medanta – The Medicity, Gurugram.
- Page Rheumatologist in Gurugram Dr. Ashish Baweja is a Consultant Rheumatologist and Clinical Immunologist at Medanta – The Medicity, Sector 38, Gurugram. He treats inflammatory arthritis, spondyloarth…
- Question How do I know which type I have? Nail fold capillaroscopy plus antibody testing. A normal capillary pattern with negative antibodies in someone whose symptoms started young is strongly reassuring.
- Question Will my Raynaud's definitely become scleroderma? No. Most Raynaud's is primary and harmless. Capillaroscopy and antibody testing identify the minority at risk, and a normal result in both is strongly reassuring.
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