Types of Rheumatic Disease

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Introduction

Historically, "rheumatism" was a term used to describe a range of painful conditions affecting muscles, tendons, joints, and bones. Nowadays, we prefer the more precise term "rheumatic disease." Rheumatic disease RD is a comprehensive term encompassing arthritis and various other conditions, it encompasses over 200 different conditions, musculoskeletal system be the most affected system it is sometimes named musculoskeletal diseases, some of it's condition involving the immune system when mistakenly attacking the body's own tissues, which can lead to autoimmunity.

It is divided into:

• Autoimmune disease.
• Autoinflammatory disease.
• Degenerative/ metabolic disorders.

General Classification of Rheumatic Diseases

Autoimmune	Autoinflammatory	Degenerative/ metabolic disorders
Systemic lupus erythematosusRheumatoid arthritisSystemic sclerosis Idiopathic inflammatory myopathiesAntiphospholipid syndrome Sjogren’s syndrome Primary vasculitis	Familial Mediterranean fever Mevalonate kinase deficiencies Muckle-Wells syndrome Familial cold urticaria NOMID syndrome NLRP12-associated syndrome/NLRP12-associated periodic fever syndrome PAPA syndrome Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis Adult-onset Still disease	OsteoarthritisOsteoporosis Parathyroid disorders Paget’s disease Calcium and phosphorus disorders (Hypercalcemia/ Hypocalcemia/ Hyperphosphatemia/ Hypophosphatemia) Vitamin D deficiency/osteomalacia Renal osteodystrophy Gout Hemochromatosis Ochronosis