What do rheumatologists look for?

The Department of Rheumatology mainly looks at a number of diseases of the rheumatic immune system, mainly including diffuse connective tissue disease, spondyloarthropathies, degenerative diseases, metabolism-related rheumatism, and so on. 1. Diffuse connective tissue disease: mainly including rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma, dry syndrome, systemic lupus erythematosus, inflammatory myelopathy, systemic vasculitis and so on. 2. Spondyloarthropathies: such as ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis, undifferentiated spondyloarthropathies and so on. 3. Degenerative diseases: such as osteoarthritis. 4. Metabolism-related arthropathy: such as gout, immunodeficiency disease, pseudogout and other diseases. There are many diseases treated by rheumatology department, specific should consult the rheumatologist. It is recommended that patients suffering from the above diseases should consult the Rheumatology Department in time.