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.