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RHEUMATOLOGY
A unique fight. Uniquely capable care.
While other conditions typically cause your body to fight a disease, autoimmune diseases occur when your body tries to fight itself, attacking your joints, muscles, bones and organs.
Rheumatology is the study and treatment of these autoimmune diseases, which affect over 54 million American adults — that’s one in four.
Fortunately, AtlantiCare has a team of autoimmune experts focused solely on helping rheumatic patients live better lives.
Get helpful resources and information for rheumatology patients and caregivers.
Helpful ResourcesThe Symptoms of Autoimmune Conditions
Each rheumatic disease is different and affects each patient differently. But each autoimmune patient tends to share a few symptoms in common:
- Symptoms similar to infection
- Multiple organ systems affected
- Pain, stiffness and swelling in joints, muscles, tendons, ligaments and bones
The Signs of Autoimmune Conditions
There are several sets of warning signs that you should be aware of. And if they’re brought to your provider’s attention, they may recommend further tests. The sooner you catch the symptoms, the better we can treat a potential autoimmune disease.
Severe pain in muscles, joints or bones that lasts three days or more (unusual and beyond the usual pains of aging, exercise or work)
Signs of inflammation around the joints, including tenderness, warmth and redness
Joint stiffness that appears early in the morning and persists for an hour or more
The Good News
It’s true that autoimmune diseases can be complex, as no two cases are alike and everyone is affected differently by these conditions. But AtlantiCare’s rheumatology team can craft a customized plan to make sure you’re getting the most effective treatment.
With the right combination of medication, exercise, nutrition and lifestyle support, we can ease your pain, improve your mobility, reduce overall symptoms and make it easier to live with an autoimmune disease.
AtlantiCare’s Rheumatology Team
When your immune system turns on itself, turn to our experts.
We take a team approach to your care — involving you, your loved ones and your other care providers — to develop a completely personalized care plan. And leading your team is your rheumatologist — a provider dedicated to the study and treatment of autoimmune disease.
- They are board-certified, a distinction reserved for doctors with years of experience, who have gone the extra mile in education and training, both before and after medical school.
- They have rheumatology-specific training in diagnosing, treating and managing these challenging conditions — including postgraduate fellowships at some of the world’s most respected teaching hospitals.
- They have decades of experience in planning care unique to each patient, for best results.
- They use best practices that are backed by research for real-world performance.
- They remain ahead of the curve by staying active and engaged with their professional associations, attending conferences and contributing to ongoing research.
- They have access to the vast resources of AtlantiCare’s entire network, to team up with other experts in other areas who can play a role in healing — like advanced nursing, immunology, orthopaedics, physical therapy, nutrition, exercise and many more.
Most importantly, they are focused on results.
They use all their skill, training and experience to reduce inflammation, alleviate pain and improve your quality of life. Their dedication to staying at the leading edge of their profession is driven by their commitment to seeing their patients heal, improve function and regain independence.
