Publisher's Synopsis
Rheumatism covers a wide range of health conditions, from local inflammation of one specific joint or area of the body (such as a frozen shoulder) to more generalized joint and muscle conditions, such as rheumatoid arthritis and other arthritis-related conditions.These have been termed rheumatic diseases and today, doctors specialising in these conditions are known as rheumatologists.So, although the word rheumatism no longer has a specific medical meaning, its use lives on in hospital rheumatology departments all over the world.
