Rheumatology

Overview

Paras Institute of Rheumatology is a super specialty specializing in the diagnosis, treatment and management of auto-immune disorders. The institute is supported by a team of internal medicine specialists that specializes in joint pains, soft tissue complications, autoimmune disorders, connective tissue disorders, to list a few. The autoimmune disorders can be defined as ailments that start treating the body’s tissues as foreign. The result is that the body’s immune system starts fighting with itself causing inflammation, fever and gout type complications.

Paras Institute of Rheumatology at Paras Global Hospital Darbhanga has specialized clinical protocols for the diagnosis, treatment and management of arthritis, autoimmune diseases, joint pain, osteoporosis, rheumatoid arthritis, gout, lupus and tendinitis, to list a few. The Institute is also supported with the state of the art laboratory to diagnose the critical rheumatological conditions.

Moreover the Institute is also supported with a trained team of rehabilitation experts that specializes in ensuring that the patients are mobile and able to perform their daily activities independently.

MILESTONES

Paras Global Hospital Darbhanga is the first super specialty hospital in Mithila region to have an Institute of Rheumatology.
Paras Global Hospital Darbhanga is the first super specialty hospital in Mithila region to have well developed protocols for arthritis, autoimmune diseases, joint pain, osteoporosis, rheumatoid arthritis, gout, lupus and tendinitis

TREATMENT AND PROCEDURES

Inflammatory Arthritis: In this disease inflammation occurs in and around the joints, thereby damaging the tissues, causing pain, stiffness and swelling. Inflammatory type of arthritis affects several joints. The different manifestations of this type of arthritis are:

Rheumatoid Arthritis
Psoriatic Arthritis
Ankylosing Spondylitis
Osteo arthritis

Connective Tissue Disease: This disease includes tendons, ligaments and cartilage that supports, binds and separates the body tissues and organs. Inflammation in these tissues can make one feel a range of other symptoms. The different manifestations of this type of CTD are:

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)
Scleroderma
Dermatomyositis & Polymyositis

Vasculitis: This is a condition that involves inflammation in the blood vessels. The condition occurs if your immune system attacks your blood vessels by mistake. The result is that this causes thickening, weakening, narrowing and scarring of the blood vessels. This may happen as the result of an infection, a medicine, or another disease or condition. The different manifestations of vasculitis are:

Polymyalgia Rheumatica
Giant Cell Arterisis
Wegeners Garnulomatosis
Churg – Strauss

Metabolic Bone Disorders: This refers to an umbrella term that is used to describe all the abnormalities in the bones. It could be due to hormonal imbalance or due to the deficiency of an essential minerals, such as – phosphorus, magnesium or vitamin D leading to dramatic clinical disorders that are commonly reversible once the underlying defect has been treated. The teams of experts carefully understand the underlying issues to distinguish the same from any genetic or hereditary disorders. The different manifestations of Metabolic Bone Disorders are:

Osteoporosis
Paget’s Disease
Gout and Psuedogout

Soft Tissue Conditions: Soft tissue disorders are medical conditions affecting the soft tissues. Often soft tissue injuries are some of the most chronically painful and difficult to treat because it is very difficult to see what is going on under the skin with the soft connective tissues, fascia, joints, muscles and tendons. The different manifestations of soft tissue conditions are:

Tennis Elbow
Carpel Tunnel & Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome
Fibromyalgia

COST OF TREATMENT / ESTIMATE OF TREATMENT

To know more about the cost of treatment and the estimate for arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, osteo-arthritis, connective tissue disease, lupus, gout, autoimmune disorders, please share your request and reports at contact@parashospitals.com