Pediatric Rheumatology

Pediatric Rheumatology Unit of Acıbadem Kayseri Hospital deals with diagnosis and treatment of children and adolescents with rheumatoid disease.

Rheumatoid diseases imply local and systemic diseases of musculoskeletal system and it covers a very wide range of diseases.

Pediatric Rheumatology Division deals with inflammatory diseases of muscles, joints and connective tissues in children and common ones of these complex diseases are as follows; juvenile idiopathic arthritis that implies rheumatism of childhood, Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF), systemic lupus erythematosus and inflammatory diseases of blood vessels.

Other diseases may also involve bones, joints, blood and connective tissues in children and pediatric rheumatology also helps diagnosis and treatment of these conditions.

Diagnosis and Treatment Services available in Pediatric Rheumatology Division

Many diseases that can affect all organs as well as blood, joints and connective tissues of children are treated by pediatric rheumatologists.

• Growing pains
• Juvenile idiopathic arthritis
• Systemic lupus erythematosus
• Juvenile dermatomyositis
• Idiopathic fever episodes
• Recurrent fever
• Familial Mediterranean Fever
• Scleroderma
• Spondyloarthritis
• Behçet’s disease
• Henoch-Schönlein purpura
• Kawasaki disease
• Polyarteritis nodosa and microscopic polyangitis
• Psoriatic arthritis
• Wegener’s granulomatosis
• Benign hypermobile joint syndrome
• We work in cooperation with other departments such as physical medicine and rehabilitation, radiology, neurology, ophthalmology and orthopedics for diagnosis and treatment of those diseases.