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S: NHS – https://www.uclh.nhs.uk/our-services/find-service/children-and-young-peoples-services/adolescent-and-young-adult-rheumatology/what-rheumatology (last access: 23 March 2025); NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK585740/ (last access: 23 March 2025).
N: 1. “study of rheumatism and rheumatic diseases,” 1949, from Greek rheumat-, stem of rheuma “discharge” (see “rheum”) + “-ology”. Related: Rheumatologist.
2. Rheumatology is a multidisciplinary branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis, management, and investigation of patients with many different and related conditions primarily affecting the joints, but also showing a high number of extraarticular manifestations as uveitis. They also manifest in skin, cardiovascular, lung, kidney, or gastrointestinal conditions. Most rheumatic diseases are complex or multifactorial entities with pathogeneses that interact with both multiple genetic factors and a high number of diverse environmental factors.
3. Medical and Hospital Organization: rheumatology.
- The branch of medicine dealing with rheumatic disorders, their causes, pathology, diagnosis, treatment, etc.
4. “Oh, my rheumatism!” You’ve probably heard this phrase from time to time. It’s quite an old saying, with the word “rheuma” first recorded in the first century A.D. in Greece. Many centuries ago, people believed that flowing substances in the body, like phlegm, were the culprit of most body ailments and pains.
Modern understanding has changed over several thousands of years. Today’s rheumatology practice diagnoses and manages autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. Some examples include rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, gout, psoriatic arthritis, polymyalgia rheumatica and ankylosing spondylitis. Medical professionals have also since discovered it’s our immune system and not flowing substances that is the source of rheumatic disease.
S: 1. Etymonline – https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=rheumatology (last access: 23 March 2025). 2. SDir – https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/rheumatology (last access: 23 March 2025). 3. TERMIUM PLUS – https://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2alpha/alpha-eng.html?lang=eng&i=1&srchtxt=rheumatology&index=alt&codom2nd_wet=1#resultrecs (last access: 23 March 2025). 4. MAYO – https://www.mayoclinichealthsystem.org/hometown-health/speaking-of-health/a-better-understanding-of-rheumatology-and-arthritis (last access: 23 March 2025).
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CR: arthritis, gout, hyperuricemia, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis.
