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Adolescent and young adults
We have a dedicated service for adolescents and young adults who move up to our services from paediatric rheumatology. We also have additional support available for young adults who develop rheumatic conditions. We hope the information below is useful. Your care team will also be able to provide more support.
Adult-onset stills disease
Fibromyalgia
Visit the links below for more information on Fibromyalgia.
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Gout, pseudogout (CPPDD or Crystal periarthritis)
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Immunoglobulin G4 disease
Large vessel vasculitis, Behçet’s, GCA, PMR
More patient information on these conditions can be found below.
- – Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Lupus (SLE) and Myositis
Patient information is available below for each of these conditions.
Metabolic bone disorders
- – Paget’s disease of bone
Osteoarthritis
Information about specific joints affected by osteoarthritis are available below:
Osteoporosis
is an excellent source of information on the condition, exercise, diet and treatments.
We recommend you aim to get all the calcium you need through a balanced diet. To see whether you are getting enough calcium from your diet, you can use the .
Psoriatic arthritis
Patient information is available below for psoriatic arthritis.
Raynaud’s, Systemic Sclerosis, Mixed Connective Tissue Disease and CTD-ILD
More patient information on these conditions can be found below.
Reactive arthritis
Visit the Arthritis UK website for .
Rheumatoid arthritis
Visit the Arthritis UK website for .
- National Rheumatoloid Arthritis Society –
- Local Group Contact details –
Spondyloarthritis
Patients in our axial spondyloarthritis service have additional access to specialist physiotherapy service delivered by our extended scope physiotherapist in rheumatology conditions – Maureen (Mo) Motion.
Her role as lead physiotherapist for rheumatology involves a first point contact clinic for Inflammatory back pain screening and diagnosis, working as part of the Axial Spondyloarthritis (AxSpA) clinics.
Visit the websites below for more information on Spondyloarthritis.
Sjogrens Disease
More patient information on Sjogren’s Disease is available below.
Vasculitis
Patient information about all types of vasculitis can be found at these websites.