A 38-year-old woman presented with acute onset bilaterally symmetrical inflammatory polyarthritis of both large and small joints over a period of 20 days. She had no previous comorbidities and no history of antecedent events

“Pressing joints & muscles to ‘release gas’ (vaat) & burping? That’s not digestion—it’s a psychosomatic response! Arthritis is inflammation, not gas. Don’t let myths delay treatment. See a doctor for the right care! #ArthritisAwareness #MythBusting” #freedomfrompain

Rheumatology is not just about aches and pains. Rheumatology deals with autoimmune inflammatory conditions of connective tissues ( #Rheumatoid arthritis #Lupus, scleroderma, sjögren’s syndrome etc) , #vasculitis, auto-inflammatory rheumatic diseases(long list of rare diseases),

‘Treatment’ available at small-town kirana (grocery) shop. The patient, worried about the side effects of allopathic (modern) medicine, chose to opt for ‘Ayurvedic’ instead. Literacy isn’t the issue- health illiteracy and trust on therapy is. This patient is a school headmaster.

Vinod Ravindran American College of Rheumatology @Dr_Aravind_P_MD Dr Varsha Bhatt Sayan Mukherjee MD, DM Sarath Chandra Mouli Veeravalli 🇮🇳 Dr. Kavita Krishna Digvijay Gajanan Ekbote

🔝3 clinical trials in patients with #ILD this month in NEJM ▶️ PREDMETH: Methotrexate is non inferior compared to prednisone for sarcoidosis ILD (FVC at 24 weeks) ➡️ FIBRONEER-IPF AND FIBRONEER-ILD: Neramdomilast ⬇️ FVC decline at 52 weeks in patients with IPF and PPF

Proud to be a part of this academia📰 📑Pathogenesis of SSc 🔖Rheumatology Clinics: Connective Tissue Diseases, alongside esteemed authors, researchers & clinicians of IRA 🙏 Grateful to my wonderful co-authors Abhishek G P & Pankti Mehta

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