- Condition Gout Crystal arthritis, urate arthropathy Gout is caused by uric acid crystals forming inside a joint. It produces attacks of sudden, severe pain, redness and swelling — most often in the big toe — that peak wit…
- Article A gout attack: what to do in the first 24 hours Treated early, an attack settles in days instead of weeks. The order of actions that matters, and the two mistakes that prolong it.
- Article A gout diet that works with an Indian kitchen Why the photocopied list banning dal, palak and tomato misses the point, and which changes in an Indian kitchen actually lower uric acid.
- Question Can joint fluid tell you if it is gout? …Urate crystals seen under polarised light confirm gout, which blood uric acid levels alone cannot do, because uric acid can be normal during an acute attack.
- Question Does gout ever go away permanently? Yes. If uric acid is kept below 6 mg/dL with medication, the crystal deposits dissolve over months to years and attacks stop completely. This requires taking the medicin…
- Question Does gout ever go away permanently? Yes. If uric acid is kept below 6 mg/dL with medication, the crystal deposits dissolve over months to years and attacks stop completely. This requires taking the medicin…
- Condition Reactive Arthritis Reiter's syndrome Reactive arthritis is joint inflammation triggered by an infection elsewhere in the body — usually in the gut or the urinary tract — appearing one to four weeks afterwar…
- Symptom group Arthritis & Joint Pain Joint pain that lasts more than six weeks, comes with swelling, or is worse after rest than after activity is worth a specialist opinion. That pattern points towards inf…
- Treatment Joint Aspiration & Injection Procedure Joint aspiration draws a small sample of fluid from a swollen joint with a fine needle, so it can be examined under a microscope. The same needle can then deliver a cort…
- Article Colchicine: what it does, and why three days The oldest gout medicine still in use, and the most commonly misused. What it is for, how it is dosed now, and the drugs it must not meet.
- Article Exercise and weight in inflammatory arthritis: what the evidence supports Movement is treatment, not advice. What kind, how much, what to do during a flare, and why weight matters more for some conditions than others.
- Article Febuxostat or allopurinol: how the choice is made Both lower uric acid through the same pathway. The real differences are cost, kidney function, rash risk and one safety question that was studied properly.
- 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 Knee osteoarthritis treatment: what helps, in what order Exercise and weight come first, medicines and injections build on them, surgery comes last. The sequence that works in knee osteoarthritis, and what to skip.
- Article Psoriasis and joint pain: catching psoriatic arthritis early A swollen finger, a sore heel or a stiff back in someone with psoriasis can be psoriatic arthritis starting. Here is what to look for and what to do.
- Article Rheumatoid arthritis or osteoarthritis: how to tell them apart How to tell rheumatoid arthritis from osteoarthritis: which joints, how long the morning stiffness lasts, and what tests can and cannot decide.
- Article Rheumatoid factor positive: what the result actually means A raised rheumatoid factor is common in people who are perfectly well. What the test measures, what the number means, and what decides whether it matters.
- Article Rheumatology blood tests: what they show and what they do not ESR, CRP, rheumatoid factor, anti-CCP and uric acid are ordered constantly and misread often. What each one is for, and why a normal result does not exclude disease.
- Article Uric acid levels: what the number on your report means …rmal during an attack, and what actually confirms gout.
- Article When high uric acid needs medicine, and when it doesn't Most people with a high reading and no attacks need nothing. The ones who do need treatment often get a dose too small to work.
- Article When should you see a rheumatologist? Nine symptom patterns that are worth a specialist opinion — and the reason waiting rarely helps.
- Article Why joints hurt more in a Delhi winter Cold does not damage joints. It changes how they feel, how much you move, and how much vitamin D you make — and in Gurugram, how much you go outside at all.
- Page Rheumatologist in Gurugram Dr. Ashish Baweja is a rheumatologist and clinical immunologist, Consultant & In-charge of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology at Artemis Hospitals, Sector 51, Gurugram…
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