Rheumatoid Arthritis
Diagnosis and Treatment
Rheumatic Disease Consultation Services
Rheumatic diseases are autoimmune and inflammatory diseases that cause your immune system to attack your joints, muscles, bones, and organs. Rheumatic diseases are often grouped under the term “arthritis” — which is used to describe over 100 diseases and conditions. This does not include the most common form of arthritis, known as osteoarthritis, which results in a breakdown of bone and cartilage in joints rather than inflammation.
Rheumatic diseases can cause damage to your vital organs, including the lungs, heart, nervous system, kidneys, skin, and eyes. People with rheumatoid arthritis and other rheumatic diseases may have symptoms so severe that those who suffer from them cannot bathe or dress. Additionally, a simple task such as walking can cause painful joints and be difficult or even impossible.
Almost everyone has experienced muscle and joint pain from time to time. When your muscle and joint pain is not resolving with standard medical treatment, a rheumatology evaluation may be needed. Our providers at EARC can evaluate your symptoms to see if there is a concern for an underlying rheumatic condition, so you can finally relieve pain that’s disrupting your daily life.
What is arthritis?
Arthritis is a common term to describe joint-related symptoms. Arthritis could be due to multiple different conditions. In general, arthritis is categorized into two different forms:
Inflammatory arthritis:
This includes conditions that cause inflammation in the joints. This type of arthritis includes rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, lupus-related arthritis, and gout-related arthritis. Seeking rheumatoid arthritis diagnosis and treatment can be a complex process that requires a rheumatology consultation with a specialist.
Non-inflammatory or degenerative arthritis:
Autoimmune Disease Diagnosis & Treatments
We provide many services beyond rheumatoid arthritis diagnosis and treatment in Rocklin, CA.
Our providers diagnose and treat many auto-immune diseases including:
- Ankylosing Spondylitis and other Spondyloarthropaties
- Antiphospholipid Syndrome
- Behcet’s Disease
- Bursitis
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Dermatomyositis
- Giant Cell Arteritis (Temporal Arteritis)
- Gout and other crystal arthropaties
- Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (Wegener’s Granulomatosis)
- Mixed Connective Tissue Disease
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteoporosis/Oasteopenia
- Plantar Fasciitis
- Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
- Polymyositis
- Psoriatic Arthritis
- Raynaud’s Phenomenon
- Reactive Arthritis
- Rheumatiod Arthritis (RA)
- Sjogren’s Syndrome
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosis (Lupus)
- Systemic Sclerosis (scleroderma)
- Takayasu’s Arteritis
- Tendonitis
- Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Disease
- Uveitis
Autoimmune Skin Diseases
- Dermatomyositis
- Psoriasis
- Pemphigus Vulgaris
- Plaque Psoriasis
Neurologic Diseases
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Neuropathy (CIDP)
- Chronic Migraine
- Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorders (NMOSD)
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
- Crohn’s Disease
- Ulcerative Colitis
Thyroid Eye Diseases
Thyroid Eye Disease (TED) is a condition where your immune system is attacked causing inflammation (redness and swelling) in your eye/eyes Following are the signs and symptoms:
- Dry, watery, or red eyes.
- Vision changes
- Irritated eyes due to a gritty feeling.
- Bulging eyes, also called proptosis.
- A “stare.”
- Double vision (diplopia)
- Difficulty closing your eyes completely which can lead to drying of eyes and ulcer formation on the cornea.