So this past week, I shadowed a great rheumatologist, Dr. Gradzka everyday.
Rheumatology is the study of of rehumatism(autoimmune diseases), arthritis, and other disorders of the joints, muscles, and ligaments.
It was really great to see other specialities of internal medicine. Especially with the advancement of biologics, the medicines available to treat some of the diseases has advanced. But for some of the patients there is frankly nothing that can be done except with the treatment of steroids. However, one has to be very careful of relying on steroids as they can have serious complications(see the Dr.Google case.)
It was funny, Dr. Gradzka mentioned that gold injections were once the go-to treatment. It goes to show how far medicine and treatments have advanced.
