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The ACR and ARHP have prepared information for patients about 28 rheumatic diseases, about the caregivers who treat patients with arthritis, and about several common medications used to treat rheumatic diseases.

Listed below are some of the more common diseases and conditions treated by rheumatology health care professionals. Use this information as a starting point in your research about rheumatic diseases.

Listed below are some of the more common diseases and conditions treated by rheumatology health care professionals. Use this information as a starting point in your research about rheumatic diseases.

Antiphospholipid Syndrome

Myopathies

Reactive Arthritis

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Osteoarthritis

Rheumatoid Arthritis

Osteonecrosis

Scleroderma

Giant Cell Arteritis

Osteoporosis

Sjögren's Syndrome

Gout

Spinal Stenosis

Glucocorticoid-induced Osteoporosis

Spondylitis

HCV-Associated Arthritis

Paget’s Disease

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

HIV-Associated Rheumatic Disease Syndromes

Polymyalgia Rheumatica

Juvenile Arthritis

Tendonitis / Bursitis

Lyme Disease

Pseudogout

Wegener's Granulomatosis

Metabolic Myopathies

Psoriatic Arthritis

Back Pain

Herbal and Natural Remedies

Joint Surgery

Clinical Research Trials

Living Well with a Rheumatic Disease

Exercise and Arthritis

Heredity and Arthritis

Neck Pain

The Immune System

Pregnancy and Rheumatic Disease

Fluorescent Antinuclear Antibody (FANA)
Test: "False Positive"

Joint Injection/Aspiration

Sex and Arthriti