Rheumatology includes disorders and conditions that affect joints, muscles, soft tissues and bones. Some common disorders are rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, osteoarthritis, gout, bursitis, osteoporosis, vasculitis, juvenile forms of arthritis, lyme disease and other forms of arthritis.

Some of these diseases may be due to immune-related abnormalities.

Other rheumatic diseases are due to infections of joints (such as lyme disease, tuberculosis or bacterial and viral infections that travel from the bloodstream to the joints), substances that cause crystals to form in joints (gout) and “wear and tear” forces (osteoarthritis). 

 

Contact:

Hutchinson Medical Center
3 Century Avenue SE 
Hutchinson, MN 55350 
320-234-3290
800-944-2690
www.HutchinsonMedicalCenter.com

 

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