Novant Health Rheumatology and Arthritis - Kernersville offers comprehensive diagnosis, management and treatment of:
- Gout (swelling/inflammation and pain from problems metabolizing uric acid)
- Rheumatoid arthritis (swelling/inflammation and pain in the joints)
- Osteoarthritis (deterioration of joint cartilage and bone, especially in the hips, knees and thumb joints)
- Psoriatic arthritis (arthritis associated with psoriasis and similar skin conditions)
- Osteoporosis and osteopenia (brittle and/or weakened bones)
- Inflammatory myositis (weakness and inflammation in muscles used for movement)
- Tendinitis (inflammation in tendons that connect bones to muscles)
- Lupus (immune system disease that can cause widespread damage, including to joints, skin and organs)
- Polymyalgia rheumatic (pain and stiffness in muscles)
- Scleroderma (hardening and tightening of the skin and connective tissue)
- Giant cell arteritis and temporal arteritis (usually inflammation in arteries at your temples)
- Spondyloarthopathies (inflammation of the vertebrae)
- Vasculitis (inflammation in blood vessels, usually in specific areas of the body)
- Wegener’s granulomatosis with polyangiitis, or GPA (inflammation of blood vessels in your nose, sinuses, throat, lungs and kidneys)
- Churg-Strauss syndrome or eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis, or EGPA (inflamed blood vessels, usually associated with asthma, airway allergic hypersensitivity, an infection, cancer or other serious conditions)
- Polyarthritis nodosa disease (inflamed blood vessels, usually including kidneys)
- Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis, or ANCA (a group of diseases that can destroy or cause swelling of blood vessels)