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What is the treatment for rheumatology?

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Specializes in Psychiatry

Rheumatology Treatment?: Please be specific with what illness u r referring to. Rheumatology is a field of medicine, like psychiatry is a field. Treating an illness in a field is possible, but not treating a field.

Answered 2/25/2013

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Not a disease: Rheumatology is a field of of study in medicine, not a disease. It is the study of musculoskeletal disease and systemic autoimmune conditions commonly referred to as rheumatic diseases. These diseases can affect the joints, muscles, and bones causing pain, swelling, stiffness, and deformity.

Answered 10/5/2020

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