Rheumatologists are specialist physicians who have expertise in the diagnosis and management of diseases that affect joints, muscles, bones and the immune system. They treat arthritis including inflammatory arthritis and osteoarthritis, autoimmune connective tissue disease, soft tissue disorders, gout, osteoporosis and many other disorders. They also manage musculoskeletal pain syndromes.

Below is a detailed list of the various medical conditions rheumatologist treat. (Click on the disease for more information):

• Ankylosing Spondylitis/Axial Spondyloarthritis

• Fibromyalgia

• Giant Cell Arteritis

• Gout

• Haemochromatosis and Haemochromatotic Arthritis

• Juvenile Arthritis

• Lupus (systemic lupus erythematosus)

• Non-radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis

• Osteoarthritis

• Polymyalgia Rheumatica

• Psoriatic Arthritis

• Reactive Arthritis

• Rheumatoid Arthritis

• Ross River Virus

• Scleroderma

• Sjogren Syndrome

• Vasculitis

Medical information

For detailed information about medications used in rheumatology, please visit the Medication Information page of the Australian Rheumatology Association website.