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Rheumatology

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The Rheumatology Clinic uses a multidisciplinary approach in treating internal medicine diseases and disorders relating to rheumatology with special programs for lupus and scleroderma. We provide patients with the highest quality care available through our expert subspecialist care team and access to clinical trials.

Conditions we treat

  • Ankylosing spondylitis
  • Arthritis
  • Behcet’s syndrome
  • Bursitis/tendonitis
  • Churg-Strauss vasculitis
  • CREST syndrome (limited scleroderma)
  • Dermatomyositis
  • Elevated ESR
  • Enthesopathy
  • Giant cell arteritis (temporal arteritis)
  • Gout
  • Henoch-Schoenlein purpura
  • Hypersensitivity vasculitis Lifestyle modifications
  • Lupus
  • Sleep or depression aids (fatigue)
  • Sun/light avoidance and sunblock (rashes)
  • Medication
    • Antimalarial drugs
    • Corticosteroids
    • Immunosuppressive drugs
    • Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
  • Lyme disease
  • Microscopic polyangitis
  • MCTD (mixed connective tissue disease)
  • Nodular vasculitis
  • Osteoporosis (with attention to steroid-induced osteoporosis)
  • Polyarteritis nodosa
  • Polychondritis
  • Polymyalgia rheumatica
  • Polymyositis
  • Psoriatic arthritis
  • Raynaud’s syndrome
  • Reactive arthritis
  • Rheumatoid arthritis
  • Sarcoidosis
  • Scleroderma

Diagnostic tests may include:
  • Blood tests
  • Organ tests (to assess liver, kidneys, heart or lungs)
  • Skin biopsy
  • X-rays

Treatment may include:
  • Blood pressure medication
  • Calcium channel blockers
  • Immune system suppressants
  • Nitroglycerin ointment
  • Steroids

Lifestyle changes may include:
  • Avoidance of stress, tiredness, cold, smoking
  • Exercise
  • Heat therapy
  • Lotions and ointments
  • Physical therapy

  • Sjogren’s syndrome

While no cure is currently available for this usually benign disease, we strive to relieve symptoms through:
  • Artificial tears or eye-lubricating ointments (dry eyes)
  • Lifestyle modifications…
  • such as avoiding antihistamines and decongestants (dry mouth)
  • such as sipping water and chewing gum (dry mouth)
  • Medicine…
  • for increasing saliva flow (dry mouth)
  • for joint pain
  • Physical therapy (stiffness)
  • Takayasu’s disease
  • Vasculitis

  • Wegener’s granulomatosis

Programs and services
  • Anti TNF-alpha an dother biologic agents
  • Disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs)
  • Immunosuppressive therapies
  • Medication management
  • Monoclonal antibodies

Care Team

Rheumatology

Our Providers Make the Difference
Fairview features nearly 4,000 providers practicing at over 200 locations throughout the Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area and beyond. Fairview Clinics, University of Minnesota Physicians and our independent partner clinics provide an exceptional care experience, while lowering the overall costs of health care.

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Our Providers Make the Difference
Fairview features nearly 4,000 providers practicing at over 200 locations throughout the Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area and beyond. Fairview Clinics, University of Minnesota Physicians and our independent partner clinics provide an exceptional care experience, while lowering the overall costs of health care.