Rheumatism

Rheumatism or Rheumatic disorder is a general term for medical problems that can hurt the heart, bones, joints, kidney, skin and lungs. The study of these problems is called rheumatology.

Rheumatism
Classification and external resources
ICD-10M79.0
ICD-9729.0
MeSHD012216

Types

The major rheumatic disorders that are known, some are:

Treatment

Many traditional herbal remedies were recommended for "rheumatism". Modern medicine, both conventional and complementary, shows that the different rheumatic disorders have different causes (and several of them have more than one) and need different kinds of treatment.

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