Rheumatology

Rheumatology is the most challenging field of medicine. The Rheumatology Department of Velammal Hospital has been established to provide comprehensive state of the art care to all arthritis and autoimmune diseases. Autoimmune is a case where our immune system attacks our cells instead of protecting them, resulting in various inflammatory disorders like Rheumatoid arthritis, Psoriatic arthritis, or Connective tissue diseases like Systemic lupus erythematosus, scleroderma, sogren syndrome, and myositis. Rheumatic diseases can affect the very young to the very old people and proper diagnosis and treatment can make a change in one’s life. The department has strong background support of the well-laid laboratory which can do routine as well as necessary special and advanced investigations with state of the art technology in affordable price and at the minimum possible time. The rheumatologists of Velammal Hospital are well known for their unmatched skills and are experts in identifying the right solutions for all rheumatic ailments.Diagnosis is made by clinical information, evaluation, and immune tests.

On average we have 120 patients per week and about 11 referrals in a week. We have medical wards, critical care, and step-down wards too in Velammal Hospital.

Common diseases in Rheumatology :

• Rheumatoid arthritis, Psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, Reactive arthritis, Gout.
• Juvenile arthritis, Systemic lupus erythematosus, Scleroderma, Sjogren syndrome, myositis.
• All forms of vasculitis including Takayasu vasculitis, and Osteoporosis.
• We specialize in the diagnosis and immune modification treatment including newer treatments like Biologics and Biosimilars, Joint aspiration and intra articular treatment.

Students are practically trained as they have visits that are scheduled frequently with the expert clinicians, physicians, and technicians.