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Rheumatology represents a subspecialty in internal medicine and pediatrics, which is devoted to adequate diagnosis and therapy of rheumatic diseases (including clinical problems in joints, soft tissues, heritable connective tissue disorders, vasculitis and autoimmune diseases).
A consultant rheumatologist is a doctor who specialises in diagnosing and treating arthritis and diseases related to rheumatology.There are over 200 different diseases that affect the joints, bones, muscles and other soft tissues. rheumatologist will arrange for you to have tests to find out more about your condition. These may include blood tests and x-rays. If there are complex results from these tests your rheumatologist may discuss them with specialist colleagues.