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Rheumatism” or “arthritis” are general terms that mean “joint’s disease”, so they mean any disease that affects the joints, however many people associate them with the “old age” rheumatism, which is called osteoarthritis or the “tear and wear” arthritis, and this form of rheumatism is widespread because it will basically affect everyone after certain age, usually starting around the age of forty but it is only a small portion of “rheumatism.

List of some diseases that fall under the general term “rheumatism”.

• • Rheumatoid arthritis (the “prototype” of inflammatory arthritis)
  • Spondyloarthritis (a common but under-diagnosed arthritis, that affects mainly the lower back in young adults), and there are several types of arthritis that fall under this category, like psoriatic arthritis, and arthritis associated with ulcerative colitis or Crohn’s disease.
  • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (an autoimmune inflammatory condition that involves several systems)
  • Osteoarthritis (the tear and wear arthritis)
  • Osteoporosis (weak bones) and Vitamin D deficiency
  • Gout (uric acid arthritis)
  • Psoriatic arthritis (the arthritis that can be associated with psoriasis in some patients)
  • Vasculitis (an uncommon group of diseases that attack the blood vessels)
  • Sjogren’s Syndrome (an inflammatory disease that attacks the glands that secretes tears and saliva, but can affects the joints also)
  • Scleroderma ((inflammatory disease of the skin)
  • Polymyositis (inflammatory disease of the muscles)
  • Children arthritis (like Pauciarticular or Polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis, or systemic onset JIA also called Still’s disease)
  • Family Medicine

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Comprehensive range of vaccines, including those essential for immunocompromised patients, as well as those commonly administered to healthy individuals including:

• • • Influenza vaccine
    • Pneumonia vaccines (Two types are required)
    • Hepatitis (A and B)
    • MMR (before starting immunosuppression: measles, mumps, and rubella)
    • Meningococcal
    • Tdap (Tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis (whooping cough))
    • Zoster (when it becomes available)

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