Rheumatoid Arthritis, Lupus, AS: Connective Tissue Diseases

Name: Rheumatoid Arthritis, Lupus, AS: Connective Tissue Diseases
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Connective Tissue Diseases - rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, APS, scleroderma, ankylosing spondylosis, reactive arthritis

Created byDr. Sangita Choudhury, MBBS, MD, General Medicine

Last updated 2/2023

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What you'll learn

The details about RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS, SLE, SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS, ANKYLOSING SPONDYLOSIS, GOUT
Pathophysiology of CTD (connective tissue diseases)/ RHEUMATOLOGICAL DISEASES
The clinical features of CTD
Diagnostic criterias
Investigation profiles for CTD
Treatment of different CTD
Prognosis for different CTD
Practical knowledge about CTD

Course content

1 section • 7 lectures • 1h 14m total length

Rheumatoid Arthritis17:57
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease that affects the joints and causes inflammation, pain, and joint damage. In RA, the body's immune system attacks its own joints, leading to swelling, redness, and warmth in the affected area. Over time, this inflammation can cause damage to the cartilage and bones within the joint, leading to joint deformity and decreased range.
SLE/Lupus/Systemic Lupus Erythematosus10:17
Explore systemic lupus erythematosus as a multisystem autoimmune disease driven by genetic and environmental factors, outlining diagnostic criteria, autoantibody profiles, and treatment options.
Systemic Sclerosis/Scleroderma14:56
Explore systemic sclerosis (scleroderma), its skin thickening, Raynaud's phenomenon, and organ involvement, including esophagus, lungs, and kidneys, with diffuse and limited forms and management strategies.
Vasculitis9:38
Explore the spectrum of vasculitis by vessel size, from giant cell arteritis and Takayasu to medium and small vessel forms, detailing clinical features, diagnosis, and corticosteroid treatment.
Spondyloarthropathy/Ankylosing Spondylosis9:59
Explore spondyloarthropathies, especially ankylosing spondylitis, RF negative with HLA-B27 association, featuring sacroiliitis, enthesitis, bamboo spine, and management with NSAIDs, DMARDs, and TNF inhibitors.
Reactive Arthritis5:15
Explore reactive arthritis, an acute post-infectious arthritis following GI or urogenital infection, presenting with asymmetric oligoarthritis, dactylitis, conjunctivitis, urethritis, and HLA-B27 association.
Antiphospholipid syndrome6:56
Learn about antiphospholipid syndrome, an antibody-mediated condition causing venous and arterial thrombosis and pregnancy morbidity, with lupus anticoagulant, anti-cardiolipin, and anti-beta2 glycoprotein I.

Requirements

Basic knowledge in medicine will be of help in this course

Description

This is a complete course of Connective Tissue Diseases (CTD) where Dr Sangita Choudhury has described about all the commonly encountered CTD in detail. The Connective Tissue means the tissue which supports our different organ system. CTD usually involves skin, bones, blood vessels but it can involve eyes, cardiovascular system, lungs, gastrointestinal system, nerves, genitourinary system, basically it can affect almost all the parts of human body.This course describes about the Pathophysiology, Aetiology, Clinical features, Diagnosis and Treatment options for different CTD. It contains different flow charts for diagnosis and treatment of different diseases, also contains different representational images of various deformities and clinical manifestations which the learners will find very useful and easy.Use of hand written simple language and interactive lectures has made this course quite easily understandable and interesting. The Learners will learn about:

1. Introduction to connective tissue diseases

2. Different flow charts

3. Approach to Rheumatological diseases

4. Rheumatoid arthritis

5. Scleroderma/Systemic Sclerosis

5. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

6. Antiphospholipid Syndrome

7. Ankylosing Spondylosis (AS)

8. Vasculitis

9. Reactive Arthritis

This course will be very useful for those who are interested in medicine, those who are undergoing medicine coaching, MBBS, MD or Superspeciality courses. It will also be useful for those who are already practising medicine, for those who are interested in human physiology, nursing staffs or paramedics.

Who this course is for:

Medical students
MBBS Students
PG students
Rheumatology students
Nursing staff
Paramedical staff