Best Rheumatologist in Hyderabad

A rheumatologist is a physician who specializes in dealing with rheumatic diseases of the body. They usually help people repress chronic inflammation and manage musculoskeletal pain. These inflammatory diseases may be autoimmune diseases, connective tissue diseases, or inflammatory infections of the muscles, joints, bones, tendons, and ligaments. The wide range of diseases that a rheumatologist treats are ankylosing spondylitis, scleroderma, sarcoidosis, Sjogren's syndrome, systemic lupus erythematosus, polymyositis, psoriatic arthritis, bursitis, Bechet's disease, gout, charcot marie tooth syndrome, myopathies, osteoarthritis, rheumatic fever, rheumatoid arthritis, and vasculitis. The academic qualifications of a rheumatologist are MBBS from a reputed medical college followed by post graduation MD/ DNB in General Medicine and DM/ DNB in Rheumatology. The treatment modalities used a rheumatologist include prescribing corticosteroids, immunosuppressants, disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs, joint injections, orthotics, physical therapy and occupational therapy.