Science is constantly changing and today's concepts will become an outdated rejection of tomorrow. It shows nothing better than rheumatology, an object metamorphosed from a passive
discipline in the emerging specialization at the interface of immunology, molecular biology and clinical medicine. Autoimmune rheumatic diseases, viewed through prism before being discovered, may be somewhat esoteric but exotic.
they are not. The growing importance of rheumatology must be seen in the context of a changing medical landscape - changing demographic developments with an aging population, constantly evolving environmental factors of autoimmunity. , and the dominance of non - communicable diseases in infectious diseases - all this has resulted in an increased incidence of rheumatic diseases. At the same time, reducing the gap between the couch and the side of the bed led to an exponential increase in findings that broke the path and treatments that changed the game. As rheumatology catapults to new heights, the explosion of knowledge has created much literature. Words like conventional synthetic DMARDs, directly synthetic DMARDs, biogenitors and the like have been introduced into the vocabulary of rheumatologists in recent decades. Pari passu the size of the average rheumatology book has increased. Despite common rheumatic diseases, the study of rheumatology is consistently subject to undergraduate and postgraduate medical curricula in many developing countries. The situation is somewhat better in the developed world, but in addition to more visible medical subfields such as cardiology, pneumology, nephrology and neurology. These specializations predominate in the internal medicine curriculum. Thus, young doctors remain ill-trained and ill-prepared for outbreaks of musculoskeletal problems that await them until they leave medical school. College books offer sketchy information, while many reference books can be very intimidating for non-rheumatologists who are trying to find accurate and concise evidence-based information that will prepare them to master the truth. lifelong clinical situation.
The goal of clinical rheumatology is to fill this gap without intimidating the reader with a wealth of information.
The aphorism that occurs in clinics is that "those who see patients hardly have time to write books, and those who write books hardly see patients."
Clinical rheumatology combines this apparent dichotomy. The goal of the clinic for clients is to practically understand rheumatic diseases and reduce unnecessary details. It is intended to complement and not replace the many good rheumatology books that already exist. While some books criticize the simplification of complex diseases, I try to leave the complexity for simplicity. As Denis Waitley said, "Never become an expert when you stop gaining skills."
"No man is an island, completely to himself," wrote the 17th-century English poet John Donne. In the same context, the book the writer wants
Clinical rheumatology may seem like the anachronism of many authors today. This may be a perceived weakness, but it may prove to be a natural strength of the book - consistency of style and consistency of concepts that are only possible with one author.
I hope that this compact book will be relevant for both beginners and experienced clients.