Rheumatology & Musculoskeletal Diseases - Pediatric

Rheumatology is the diagnosis and treatment of musculoskeletal and autoimmune disorders, commonly called rheumatic diseases. These diseases affect the bones, joints and muscles, often causing joint pain and inflammation.

Autoimmune disorders, where the body’s immune system mistakenly attacks healthy parts of the body, can also cause inflammation. One example of an autoimmune disorder is rheumatoid arthritis, which is diagnosed when the immune system attacks normal cells in the joints, causing joint pain and inflammation.

Our providers understand the importance of working with children and families to help develop treatment plans for pediatric rheumatic conditions. Some of the conditions we help manage and treat include:

• Acute arthritis
• Acute rheumatic fever
• Autoinflammatory/periodic fever syndromes
• Behçet’s disease
• Chronic arthritis
• Complex regional pain syndrome
• Fibromyalgia
• Henoch-Schönlein purpura
• Hypermobility syndrome
• Joint swelling
• Juvenile ankylosing spondylitis
• Juvenile dermatomyositis
• Juvenile idiopathic arthritis
• Kawasaki disease
• Limb pain
• Mixed connective tissue disease
• Psoriatic arthritis
• Reactive arthritis
• Sarcoidosis
• Sjrögen’s syndrome
• Scleroderma/morphea
• Spondyloarthropathy
• Systemic lupus erythematosus
• Systemic sclerosis
• Uveitis/iritis
• Vasculitis

Kentucky Children’s Hospital is home to many of the Commonwealth’s top pediatricians, surgeons, nurses, therapists, technologists and healthcare professionals, and they all work closely with our team of expert rheumatologists to provide the best care available for the children of Kentucky. Our rheumatologists are board-certified experts in the diagnosis and treatment of even the most advanced rheumatology and musculoskeletal conditions.