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Rheumatology (from rheumatism) - a specialization of internal medicine, is engaged in the diagnosis and treatment of rheumatic diseases.
Rheumatology (from rheumatism) - a specialization of internal medicine, is engaged in the diagnosis and treatment of rheumatic diseases. The term "rheumatology" itself comes from the Greek word "ρεύμα" meaning "stream, river" and the suffix "-logos" meaning "study." The subject of the study of rheumatology is inflammatory and degenerative-dystrophic diseases of the joints and systemic diseases of the connective tissue (the old name is collagenoses). Traumatology-orthopedics and purulent-septic surgery (osteomyelitis, myositis, gonorrheal arthritis, aseptic arthritis) are at the other extreme of the differential diagnosis of rheumatology diseases.
