- Condition Rheumatoid Arthritis RA Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks the lining of the joints. It typically affects the small joints of the hands, wrists and…
- Question How is this different from rheumatoid arthritis? …ical and produces bony rather than soft swelling. Rheumatoid arthritis is worse after rest, causes stiffness lasting over thirty minutes, and produces warm, soft, symme…
- Question Is psoriatic arthritis worse than rheumatoid arthritis? …on insertions and carries greater metabolic risk; rheumatoid arthritis more often affects the small joints symmetrically.
- Question Is rheumatoid arthritis curable? It is not curable, but it is very controllable. With treatment started early, most patients reach remission or low disease activity — minimal symptoms and no ongoing joi…
- Question Is rheumatoid arthritis curable? It is not curable, but it is very controllable. With treatment started early, most patients reach remission or low disease activity — minimal symptoms and no ongoing joi…
- 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.
- Condition Connective Tissue Disease-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease (CTD-ILD) CTD-ILD, autoimmune lung fibrosis …isease — most often systemic sclerosis, myositis, rheumatoid arthritis or Sjögren's syndrome. It usually begins with a dry cough or breathlessness on exertion, and it i…
- Treatment Immunomodulation & Biologic Therapy Procedure Immunomodulation is the core of rheumatology treatment: medicines that reduce the immune activity driving the disease, chosen and combined for the individual. They range…
- Article Anti-CCP positive: what it actually means The most specific blood test in rheumatoid arthritis, and the one most often handed over without an explanation. What a positive result changes, and what it does not.
- Article Dry eyes and a dry mouth: when it is Sjogren's syndrome Most dryness is not autoimmune. What separates ordinary dry eyes and a dry mouth from Sjogren's syndrome, and which tests actually settle it.
- Article Fibromyalgia symptoms or inflammatory arthritis: which is it Pain everywhere and reports that keep coming back normal. What separates fibromyalgia from inflammatory arthritis, and why people often have both.
- Article High ESR and CRP: what they prove and what they don't Two of the most ordered and least explained tests in India. What each one measures, why they often disagree, and what a raised result is worth on its own.
- 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 Joint pain with normal blood tests: why the report is not the last word A normal report is not the same as a normal joint. What blood tests can rule out, what they cannot, and what should happen next.
- 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 Morning stiffness: the symptom that changes the diagnosis Stiffness that takes more than half an hour to wear off is the detail that moves a joint problem from the wear-and-tear column to the inflammatory one.
- 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 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 Starting methotrexate: what the first three months are like Methotrexate is the backbone of treatment for several types of inflammatory arthritis. What it does, how long it takes, and the practical points that make it easier to t…
- 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.
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- 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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